About midnight
I had sent round at once to James Devlin -LRB- but asked him not to come till morning -RRB- , and also to Mrs. Falchion ; but I begged her not to come at all . I might have spared her that ; for , as I afterwards knew , she had no intention of coming . She had learned of the accident on her way to Viking , and had turned back ; but only to wait and know the worst or the best . About midnight I was left alone with Roscoe . Once , earlier in the evening , he had recognised me and smiled faintly , but I had shaken my head , and he had said nothing . Now , however , he was looking at me earnestly . I did not speak .