twelve o'clock
Then awakening by fits and starts , each confided in the other . Ralph told Kate how Mrs. Ede had spoken of her when her flight had been discovered ; Kate tried to explain that she was not as much to blame as might be imagined . Ralph 's curiosity constantly got the better of him , and he could n't but ask her to tell him something about her stage experience . One thing led to another , and before twelve o'clock it surprised her to think she had told him so much . The conversation was carried on in brief and broken phrases . The man and the woman sat close together shivering over the fire . There were no curtains to the windows , and the fog had crept through the sashes into the room .