midnight
I could not get away from that . What possible purpose could an intruder have , for instance , in opening my sewing-basket or moving the dictionary two inches on the center table ? Yet the feeling persisted , and on the second of August I find this entry in my journal : Right-hand brass , eight inches ; left-hand brass , seven inches ; carved-wood -- Italian -- five and three quarter inches each ; old glass on mantelpiece -- seven inches . And below this , dated the third : Last night , between midnight and daylight , the candle in the glass holder on the right side of the mantel was burned down one and one-half inches . I should , no doubt , have set a watch on my nightly visitor after making this discovery -- and one that was apparently connected with it -- nothing less than Delia 's report that there were candle-droppings over the border of the library carpet . But I have admitted that this is a study in fear , and a part of it is my own . I was afraid .