midnight
`` He 's with the Grigsbys , I guess , '' said Mr. Lincoln . The two men went to their beds , and Waubeno laid down on a mat on the floor . Hour after hour passed , and Mrs. Lincoln went again and again to the door and listened , but Abraham did not return . It was midnight when she laid down , but even then it was to listen , and not to sleep . In the morning Abraham returned . His eyes were sunken and his cheeks were white . `` Get me some coffee , mother , '' he said .