two o'clock in the
morning
They , poor creatures ! submitted to these , as they would have done to far greater hardships , cheerfully and without a murmur : indeed all the servants in the castle would have gone through fire and water to have served their lady ; all but one : and _ that _ one , alas ! was now left alone in attendance upon her . Lady Walladmor , who was all consideration for every body about her , and just such another angel upon earth as Miss Walladmor at present , had dismissed her own maid and the upper nurse -- to refresh themselves in any way they thought fit from the fatigues of their long day 's attendance ; for they had been called up at two o'clock in the morning . One of the under nurses was engaged in the laundry . And thus it happened that the duty of attending the two children , who were both asleep in the adjoining room , devolved on that serpent -- Winifred Griffiths . '' `` Winifred Griffiths ? ''