Ten o'clock
The captain only took a walk as far as the quay every day . They always went to bed early . People said there was a brownie in the house . Well , it so happened that Stine and the cook were sitting in their room one evening , mending and darning their things ; it was near bedtime , for the watchman had already sung out ` Ten o'clock ! ' but somehow the darning and the sewing went on very slowly indeed ; every moment ` Jack Nap ' came and played his tricks upon them . At one moment Stine was nodding and nodding , and then came the cook 's turn , -- they could not keep their eyes open ; they had been up early that morning to wash clothes . But just as they were sitting thus , they heard a terrible crash down stairs in the kitchen , and Stine shouted , ` Lor ' bless and preserve us !