four A.M.
`` Trust me , pal , '' assured Judd , `` Most people ca n't see ghosts , anyhow ! '' Benz , after breaking the news to Cateye , hurried to his room where he paced up and down for a whole hour , undecided as to what best to do . Finally , unable to stand the strain longer , he grabbed his cap and rushed from the dormitory . It was four A.M. and not yet light . Ten minutes later the good Professor Windell , president of the college , was awakened by a loud thumping on his front door . He stumbled sleepily out of bed and opened the window . `` What 's amiss here ? ''