eleven at night
It grew dark ; Arnaud brought lights , and told her Captain Morville had sunk into stupor . After another long space , the doctor came to take some coffee , and said the fever was lessening , but that strength was going with it , and if `` le malade '' was saved , it would be owing to the care and attention of `` le chevalier '' . Of Guy she saw no more that evening . The last bulletin was pencilled by him on a strip of paper , and sent to her at eleven at night : ` Pulse almost nothing ; deadly faintness ; doctor does not give him up ; it may be many hours : do n't sit up ; you shall hear when there is anything decisive . ' Amy submitted , and slowly put herself to bed , because she thought Guy would not like to find her up ; but she had little sleep , and that was dreamy , full of the same anxieties as her waking moments , and perhaps making the night seem longer than if she had been awake the whole time . At last she started from a somewhat sounder doze than usual , and saw it was becoming light , the white summits of the mountains were beginning to show themselves , and there was twilight in the room . Just then she heard a light , cautious tread in the passage ; the lock of Guy 's dressing-room was gently , slowly turned .