About midnight
-- I am , with thanks , yours in deep distress , `` RICHARD HARDIE '' DR. SHORT arrived , approved Dr. Phillips 's treatment , and said the case was severe but not hopeless , and he would call again . A bed was prepared in the house for Mr. Hardie : but neither he nor any of the Dodds closed an eye that sorrowful night . About midnight , after a short slumber , the sufferer became uneasy , and begged to be left with Julia . Julia was sent for , and found her a good deal excited . She inquired more than once if they were quite alone , and then asked for paper and a pencil . She wrote a few lines , and made Julia put them in a cover and seal them .