about twelve o'clock
never ! '' And with such sorrowful wailings she sat rocking herself through the long night , every now and then comforting herself by the performance of some menial service in the sick man 's room . Sir Roger passed the night much as he had passed the day , except that he appeared gradually to be growing nearer to a state of consciousness . On the following morning they succeeded at last in making Mr Rerechild understand that they were not desirous of keeping him longer from his Barchester practice ; and at about twelve o'clock Dr Thorne also went , promising that he would return in the evening , and again pass the night at Boxall Hill . In the course of the afternoon Sir Roger once more awoke to his senses , and when he did so his son was standing at his bedside . Louis Philippe Scatcherd -- or as it may be more convenient to call him , Louis -- was a young man just of the age of Frank Gresham . But there could hardly be two youths more different in their appearance .