two o'clock
That was what had led her boy astray , that had bewitched him -- perhaps he could not throw her off now . `` Always your -- your Frida Lämke '' -- she had sulked in that letter , he had probably wanted to draw back but -- `` if you do n't come I shall come to you , '' -- oh , she would no doubt take care not to let him go , she held him fast . Käte did not believe that Frida Lämke would come home . It was getting on for two o'clock . Her mother had lied , perhaps she was acting in concert with the girl all the time . But now Käte gave a start , a step was heard on the cellar steps , and on hearing it her mother said , delighted : `` That 's Frida . '' Someone hummed a tune outside -- then the door opened .