five o'clock
she mused . A low voice said : `` Are you sure she 'll not go back on us ? '' Another answered : `` She 's safe enough ; I 've fixed her . '' `` Listen to me , '' said the first voice ; `` you are to bring a bundle to the side door at five o'clock . The nurse will let you in , and show you the closet under the staircase . There you 'll stay until the house is locked up and everything settled for the night . After the children are asleep and the grown people quieted by the drugged coffee -- say when the convent bell strikes ten -- you will slip out and , unlocking the side door , let me in .