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-- Hamlet . MRS. BELDEN paused , lost in the sombre shadow which these words were calculated to evoke , and a short silence fell upon the room . It was broken by my asking for some account of the occurrence she had just mentioned , it being considered a mystery how Hannah could have found entrance into her house without the knowledge of the neighbors . `` Well , '' said she , `` it was a chilly night , and I had gone to bed early -LRB- I was sleeping then in the room off this -RRB- when , at about a quarter to one -- the last train goes through R -- at 12.50 -- there came a low knock on the window-pane at the head of my bed . Thinking that some of the neighbors were sick , I hurriedly rose on my elbow and asked who was there . The answer came in low , muffled tones , ` Hannah , Miss Leavenworth 's girl ! Please let me in at the kitchen door . '