thirteen
minutes after two
I guess the excitement will keep till morning . '' And , -- would you believe it ? -- I could n't get another word out of him ! I looked at my watch by the moonlight , and found that it was thirteen minutes after two a. m. Then , thinking I might get a sight of the burglar from our bedroom window , I drew the heavy , old-fashioned curtains aside , and peered out over the silent landscape thirty feet below . But I could n't see a blamed thing but trees and grass , and a moss-covered stone wall out by the road ; the Earl 's bulldog not being in evidence anywhere . I knelt down by the window , put my elbows on the sill , and resolved to wait there awhile , to see if the nocturnal disturber would hike out again . Apparently I fell asleep in this attitude , for the next thing I knew , Holmes , fully dressed , was bending over me with a grin on his face , and it was broad daylight .