twelve o'clock
But home at Clere none slept that night , but met again next morning weary and harassed . All the long three days none of them spoke much , but wandered about the house uneasily . About ten o'clock on the Wednesday night they went to bed , and the old man sleeps from sheer weariness . It was twelve o'clock when there came a clang at the gate , and a sound of horses ' feet on the gravel . Agnes was at the window in a moment . `` Who goes there ? '' she cried .