one o’clock
` I do n't know . There she stands with her lamp , crying ! ' I could scarcely distinguish the words through the clashing of his teeth , and as I threw my arms round him the shudder seemed to pass to me ; but I did my best to warm him by drawing the clothes over him , and he began to gather himself together , and speak intelligibly . There had been sounds the first night as of wailing , but he had been too much preoccupied to attend to them till , soon after one o'clock , they ended in a heavy fall and long shriek , after which all was still . Christmas night had been undisturbed , but on this the voices had begun again at eleven , and had a strangely human sound ; but as it was windy , sleety weather , and he had learnt at sea to disregard noises in the rigging , he drew the sheet over his head and went to sleep . ` I was dreaming that I was at sea , ' he said , ` as I always do on a noisy night , but this was not a dream . I was wakened by a light in the room , and there stood a woman with a lamp , moaning and sobbing .