ten o'clock
A wolf or a panther ? Such animals used to prowl among the hills here , I know . '' `` It was the cry of a young child , darter , of our Anna 's baby ; a little , feeble wail ; but I should have heard it , if the storm had been twice as loud . I had been sitting here , from sundown to ten o'clock , with no company but my fears and the raging storm . Hannah came , once or twice , and put her pale face through the door , and went off again as if she wanted me out of the way , but for the whole world I could n't have moved till that little cry came . '' `` But you went then , '' said Mary Fuller , deeply moved , `` of course you went then . '' `` I got up to go , but it was of no use ; my knees shook , and knocked together ; the porch seemed whirling around , rain and all ; I made one step toward the out-room ; fell into the chair , and burst out a crying .