midnight
To my surprise , she strongly objected , declaring that Flora was an angel , and she would not leave her . She said she was very comfortable on the raft , and that she was much happier there than she should be in a steamboat ; and she trembled when she uttered the word . I told her that her father would be very anxious about her , and she finally decided to write a letter to him , informing him that she was in the hands of good friends , on her way home . Flora was much refreshed by the sleep she had obtained , and sat up till midnight with Emily . I made a bed for her on the floor by the side of her patient , and in the morning I found that both of them had rested well during the latter part of the night . Sim and I kept the raft going all night , as usual . The next day I mailed Emily 's letter to her father .