nearly one o'clock
She was dreaming of her own father . To-night she felt that she would find him . The night seemed trying to convey to her the message , `` He lives . '' It was nearly one o'clock when the moon went down . Madge felt , rather than saw , the darkness on the water . She was so oblivious to time that she believed for a few minutes that the moon had only gone behind a cloud . At last she realized that it was now time for her to turn back .