midnight
`` I really feel as if I could not bear it if it should storm , '' she said , `` after all this fine weather too ; and I know I shall not sleep a wink , anyway . '' `` I think we can trust God to take care of the weather even on Katy 's wedding-day , '' replied Cousin Helen , gently . And after all it was she who lay awake . Pain had made her a restless sleeper , and as her bed commanded the great arch of western sky , she saw the moon , a sharp-curved silver shape , descend and disappear a little before midnight . She roused again when all was still , solemn darkness except for a spangle of stars , and later , opened her eyes in time to catch the faint rose flush of dawn reflected from the east . She raised herself on her elbow to watch the light grow . `` It is a fair day for the child , '' she whispered to herself .