midnight
Did he go with you ? ' ` Lance ! Is not he in ? I never saw or thought of him , I must go and seek for him , ' exclaimed Felix , darting off in haste and alarm at the thought of little nine-year-old Lance alone among the midnight crowd , just as Mr. Audley opened the door to try to find a messenger to Mr. Rugg 's surgery . He paused to tell Wilmet that it was a lad about Felix 's age , moaning some word that sounded like Diego , and with a broken leg and ribs ; and then , as Martha was in attendance , she felt herself obliged to return to Cherry , whom indeed she could not leave again , for though the fire had sunk , and only thick clouds of smoke showed the play of the engines , the effects of the terror were not so quickly over in the tender little frame , which was in a quivering hysterical state , so deadly cold , that Wilmet was frightened , and went once more down to warm some flannel , and get some hot drink for her . She intended tea , but meeting Mr. Audley again , he sent up a glass of wine . Even with this in hot water , Cherry could hardly be warmed again , and Wilmet lay down , clasping her round , and not daring to let her know of her own continued anxiety about the two brothers .