about five o'clock
`` We got to get away from here , anyway . '' But when they came to ascend the steps leading to the `` outside doors '' , they found that those doors had been closed and locked for the night . `` It 's no use , '' Sam lamented , `` and we ca n't bust 'em , cause I tried to , once before . Fanny always locks 'em about five o'clock -- I forgot . We got to go up the stairway and try to sneak out through the house . '' They tiptoed back , and up the inner stairs . They paused at the top , then breathlessly stepped out into a hall that was entirely dark .