midnight
`` You know not what gold will tempt people to do in this world -- but , however , I may be wrong . At all events , you must go to sleep , and I shall watch you , dearest . Pray do not speak -- I feel I can not sleep just now -- I wish to read a little -- I will lie down by-and-bye . '' Philip made no further objections , and was soon in a sound sleep , and Amine watched him in silence till midnight long had passed . `` He breathes heavily , '' thought Amine ; `` but had I given him that powder , who knows if he had ever awoke again ? My father is so deeply skilled in the Eastern knowledge , that I fear him . Too often has he , I well know , for a purse well filled with gold , prepared the sleep of death .