six o’clock in the morning
Her master had received it from her at the open door . She could look in , and could see that he was alone in her mistress 's room . The nurse , Christina Ormsay , being recalled , repeated what Mrs. Macallan had said to her on the day when that lady was first taken ill . She had said -LRB- speaking to the nurse at six o'clock in the morning -RRB- , `` Mr. Macallan came in about an hour since ; he found me still sleepless , and gave me my composing draught . '' This was at five o'clock in the morning , while Christina Ormsay was asleep on the sofa . The nurse further swore that she had looked at the bottle containing the composing mixture , and had seen by the measuring marks on the bottle that a dose had been poured out since the dose previously given , administered by herself . On this occasion special interest was excited by the cross-examination .