One in the
morning
At Twelve at night , I , Twelve old men turned off , swing invisible outside Lancaster Castle , with Twelve faces to the wall ! ` When the Bride 's Chamber was first haunted , it was known to me that this punishment would never cease , until I could make its nature , and my story , known to two living men together . I waited for the coming of two living men together into the Bride 's Chamber , years upon years . It was infused into my knowledge -LRB- of the means I am ignorant -RRB- that if two living men , with their eyes open , could be in the Bride 's Chamber at One in the morning , they would see me sitting in my chair . ` At length , the whispers that the room was spiritually troubled , brought two men to try the adventure . I was scarcely struck upon the hearth at midnight -LRB- I come there as if the Lightning blasted me into being -RRB- , when I heard them ascending the stairs . Next , I saw them enter .