midnight
If anything disturbs you push the button without sitting up . Good night . '' Comfortably installed in an armchair the man of medicine stared into the glowing coals and thought deeply and long , but apparently to little purpose , for he frequently rose and opening a door leading to the staircase , listened intently ; then resumed his seat . Presently , however , he fell asleep , and when he woke it was past midnight . He stirred the failing fire , lifted a book from the table at his side and looked at the title . It was Denneker 's `` Meditations . '' He opened it at random and began to read : `` Forasmuch as it is ordained of God that all flesh hath spirit and thereby taketh on spiritual powers , so , also , the spirit hath powers of the flesh , even when it is gone out of the flesh and liveth as a thing apart , as many a violence performed by wraith and lemure sheweth .