three o'clock in the morning
For she was so faithful . Would you believe it , she had been a servant in that selfsame house and that selfsame family for twenty seven years come Christmas , and never a cross word and never a lick ! And , oh , to think she should meet such a death at last ! -- a-sitting over the red hot stove at three o'clock in the morning and went to sleep and fell on it and was actually roasted ! Not just frizzled up a bit , but literally roasted to a crisp ! Poor faithful creature , how she was cooked ! I am but a poor woman , but even if I have to scrimp to do it , I will put up a tombstone over that lone sufferer 's grave -- and Mr. Riley if you would have the goodness to think up a little epitaph to put on it which would sort of describe the awful way in which she met her -- '' `` Put it , ` Well done , good and faithful servant , ' '' said Riley , and never smiled .