twelve o'clock
You said something in a kind , but absent tone , about my looking pale , and asked if I would have a second cup of tea . I believe I forced myself to eat a slice of bread half as large as my hand . I thought I should never reach home that night , for the weakness that came upon me . I got to bed as soon as possible , but was too tired to sleep until after twelve o'clock , when a coughing spell seized me , which brought on the pain in my side . It was near daylight when I dropped off ; and then I slept so heavily for two hours that I was all wet with perspiration when I awoke . On trying to rise , my head swam so that I had to lie down again , and it was late in the day before I could even sit up in bed . Towards evening , I was able to drink a cup of tea and eat a small piece of toast and then I felt wonderfully better .