twelve o'clock at night
I think Cousin Monica was also affected in the same way , for she turned the key on the inside of the door when we entered . I do not think one of us believed at the moment that what we had seen was a Doctor Bryerly of flesh and blood , and yet the first thing we spoke of in the morning was Doctor Bryerly 's arrival . The mind is a different organ by night and by day . Doctor Bryerly had , indeed , arrived at half-past twelve o'clock at night . His summons at the hall-door was little heard at our remote side of the old house of Knowl ; and when the sleepy , half-dressed servant opened the door , the lank Doctor , in glossy black clothing , was standing alone , his portmanteau on its end upon the steps , and his vehicle disappearing in the shadows of the old trees . In he came , sterner and sharper of aspect than usual . ` I 've been expected ?