nearly seven
o’clock
But I knew more of the place now , and had often speculated concerning the odd position and construction of an outside stair in the first court , close to the chapel , with its landing at the door of a room _ en suite _ with those of Sir Giles and Lady Brotherton . It was for a man an easy drop to this landing . Quiet as a cat , I crept over the roof , let myself down , crossed the court swiftly , drew back the bolt which alone secured the wicket , and , with no greater mishap than the unavoidable wetting of shoeless feet , was soon safe in my own room , exchanging my evening for a morning dress . When I looked at my watch , I found it nearly seven o'clock . I was so excited and bewildered by the adventures I had gone through , that , from very commonness , all the things about me looked alien and strange . I had no feeling of relation to the world of ordinary life . The first thing I did was to hang my sword in its own old place , and the next to take down the bit of tapestry from the opposite wall , which I proceeded to examine in the light of my recollection of that round the denuded door .