about five o'clock
What could it mean ? Suddenly , as she sat puzzling over it , a thought struck her . Quick as lightning she ran to the hall , took up a candle , and went along the passage to the old wing . It was about five o'clock , and the place was dark as night . Her footsteps echoed through the empty rooms and passages till she reached the place where the secret chamber was . Tremblingly she felt along the wall . Would she be able to find the spring ?