midnight
At times it seemed that the serene soul of her must have left already and found some refuge from the storm , and only the tenacious animal life were left to do battle with death . She labored under a delusion at once pitiful and merciful , thinking that she was in the Pullman on her way to New York , going back to her life and her work . When she aroused from her stupor it was only to ask the porter to waken her half an hour out of Jersey City , or to remonstrate with him about the delays and the roughness of the road . At midnight Everett and the nurse were left alone with her . Poor Charley Gaylord had lain down on a couch outside the door . Everett sat looking at the sputtering night lamp until it made his eyes ache . His head dropped forward on the foot of the bed , and he sank into a heavy , distressful slumber .