midnight
The maids persisted that some one had been in the house , some one who must have escaped while they were giving the alarm . Mr. Enderby heard the noise and came out of his room and learned the whole story . After an hour of searching and questioning and discussion all went to bed again , everybody blaming everybody else for the silly mistake that had been made . Next morning Hetty slept long and soundly after her midnight adventure , and when the maid who called her went into her room she was astonished to see a dog 's head on the pillow by the sleeping child . Scamp put up his nose and barked at the intruder , and Hetty wakened . `` Laws , Miss Hetty , you are a strange little girl , '' said the maid , who was the very girl who had alarmed the house during the night . `` How ever did you get a dog into your room ? ''