eleven o'clock
This happened on Wednesday , ten days after the fatal accident . By the following Sunday , Dempster was in a state of rapidly increasing prostration ; and when Mr. Pilgrim , who , in turn with his assistant , had slept in the house from the beginning , came in , about half-past ten , as usual , he scarcely believed that the feebly struggling life would last out till morning . For the last few days he had been administering stimulants to relieve the exhaustion which had succeeded the alternations of delirium and stupor . This slight office was all that now remained to be done for the patient ; so at eleven o'clock Mr. Pilgrim went to bed , having given directions to the nurse , and desired her to call him if any change took place , or if Mrs. Dempster desired his presence . Janet could not be persuaded to leave the room . She was yearning and watching for a moment in which her husband 's eyes would rest consciously upon her , and he would know that she had forgiven him . How changed he was since that terrible Monday , nearly a fortnight ago !