ten o'clock
A window in the hall which had a habit of rattling with every breath of wind was made fast with a bit of shingle whittled out for that purpose , and then Arthur became tolerably quiet until morning , when he began to talk to himself in the German language , which Charles could not understand . But he caught the name Gretchen , and knew she was the subject of the sick man 's thoughts . Suddenly turning to his attendant , to whom he always spoke in English , Arthur said : ` The funeral is to-day ? ' ` Yes , sir , at ten o'clock . ' ` Well , lock every door leading up this way , and shut out the gossipping blockheads who will come by hundreds , and , if we would let them , swarm into my room as thick as the frogs were in the houses of the Egyptians . Shut the doors , Charles , and keep them out . ' So the doors were shut and bolted , and then Arthur lay listening with that intensity which so quickens one 's hearing , that the faintest sounds are distinct at great distances .