ten o'clock
The grasp of the fingers relaxed , the laboured breath came more gently , and in a few more minutes she slept . Twilight was long over . The ghost-hour was past , and the moon outside was slowly gaining a wider empire in the clearing heavens . * * * * * It was a little after ten o'clock when Rose drew aside the curtain at Burwood and looked out . ` There is the lantern , ' she said to Agnes , ` just by the vicarage . How the night has cleared ! ' She turned back to her book .