Midnight
Though it was the body of Ramsey Burr , the movements were different from the slow , precise work of the professor , and more and more , she realized that her son inhabited the shell before her . For a moment , the mother thought of attempting to dissuade her son from making the final change ; was it not better thus , than to chance the disintegration of the bodies ? Suppose something went wrong , and the exchange did not take place , and her son , that is , his spirit , went back to the death house ? Midnight struck as he worked feverishly at the apparatus , the long face corrugated as he checked the dials and tubes . He worked swiftly , but evidently was following a procedure which he had committed to memory , for he was forced to pause often to make sure of himself . `` Everything is O. K. , '' said the strange voice at last . He consulted his watch .