ten o'clock
Blessed Hour , have n't he the lovely voice ? '' `` He have -- but I 'd rather listen to Miss Norah , '' said Bride loyally . '' ` Tis n't the big voice she do be having , but it 's that happy-sounding . '' It was after ten o'clock when Norah , having said good-night to her guests and shown Mrs. West to her room , went softly along the corridor . A light showed under Miss de Lisle 's doorway , and she tapped gently . The door opened , revealing the cook-lady 's comfortable little sitting-room , with a fire burning merrily in the grate . The cook-lady herself was an extraordinarily altered being , in a pale-blue kimono with heavy white embroidery .