[Devil_Anse]

Mary Katherine might have fallen asleep while cowering in her bed, given the hour.

But I think it's more likely that she mistook the time that it happened, or didn't correctly estimate how long she'd waited. OR something that was said made her think Elizabeth would be coming back, and she was waiting for Elizabeth to come back.

[varina davis]

Mary Katherine might have fallen asleep while cowering in her bed, given the hour.

But I think it's more likely that she mistook the time that it happened, or didn't correctly estimate how long she'd waited. OR something that was said made her think Elizabeth would be coming back, and she was waiting for Elizabeth to come back.

OR...she didn't actually wait long at all. And there was much scurrying about long before anyone called anybody.