midnight
She threw her arms about him . ` I shall come to see you if you are not able to be here by nine in the morning , ' she said , and added the name of the hotel to which he was to go . At this establishment the doctor was well known . By midnight Reardon lay in a comfortable room , a huge cataplasm fixed upon him , and other needful arrangements made . A waiter had undertaken to visit him at intervals through the night , and the man of medicine promised to return as soon as possible after daybreak . What sound was that , soft and continuous , remote , now clearer , now confusedly murmuring ? He must have slept , but now he lay in sudden perfect consciousness , and that music fell upon his ears .