12 o'clock
For your sake I kept silent ; now since you persist , I wash my hands of all responsibility for the consequences . You have heard the history of the woman Iva Le Bougeois , better known in the ` walls ' as the ` Bloody Duchess ' . Two days ago the scourge struck her down ; she is very ill , the worst symptoms have appeared , and she is almost frantic with terror . Last night , at 12 o'clock , I was going the rounds of the sick wards , and found her wringing her hands , and running up and down the cell like a maniac . I tried to quiet and encourage her , but she paid no more attention than if stone deaf ; and when I started to leave her , she seized my arm , and begged me to ask you to come and stay with her . She thinks if you would sing for her , she could listen , and forget the horrible things that haunt her . It is positively sickening to see her terror at the thought of death .