ten o'clock
I asked . `` You 'll see , '' she said . I went home soon after , pondering over Deborah 's words . We retired to bed early at our house , and by ten o'clock quietness reigned everywhere . I could not sleep , however . My mind was excited by what old Deborah had told me , and when eleven o'clock came I had an intense desire to go to Fraddam 's cave . The witch of Fraddam was almost a household word among the simple people .