eleven o'clock
Miss Slater had promised him that she would put a sleeping powder into Alice 's regular ten o'clock glass of hot milk , and let him know when she was safely off . `` She is very thankful that you are here , she was uneasy every instant that I stayed away ! '' he said softly to Norma , and Norma nodded her approval . Long before eleven o'clock they had the report that Alice was sleeping soundly under the combined effect of the powder and Miss Slater 's repeated and earnest assurance that there was no immediate danger as regarded her mother . Chris and Norma and the doctor and two of the nurses went down to the dining-room , and had sandwiches and coffee , and talked long and sadly of the briefness and mutability of mortal life . When they went upstairs again the doctor stretched out for some rest , on the sitting-room couch , and Norma went to her own old room , and got into her comfortable , thick padded wrapper and warm slippers . The night was still wet and stormy , and had turned cold .