two o'clock
He let himself down softly from the high step of the winter banking , and crept toward the barn , where he might bury himself in the hay and think . His fingers were quick to find the peg that opened the little barn door ; the beasts within were startled and stumbled to their feet , then went back to their slumbers . The night wore on ; the light spring rain began to fall , and the sound of it on the house roof close down upon the sisters ' bed lulled them quickly to sleep . Twelve , one , two o'clock passed by . They had put back the money and the clothes and the minor goods and treasures and pulled the chest back into the bedroom so that it was out of sight from the kitchen ; the bedroom door was always shut by day . The younger sister wished to carry the money to their own room , but Betsey disdained such precaution . The money had always been safe in the old chest , and there it should stay .