midnight
Then they both put their curls under the bedquilts . `` Someone 's playing the piano , '' Bert said to Harry ; and , sure enough , a nocturnal solo was coming up in queer chunks from the parlor . `` It 's a crazy burglar , and he never saw a piano before , '' Flossie said . The hall clock just struck midnight . That seemed to make everybody more frightened . Uncle Daniel was hurrying down the stairs now . `` There it is again , '' whispered Bert , as another group of wild chords came from the piano .