midnight
Why did n't you stay in heaven ? This world has no place for you . '' Then she rose wearily , picked up the light , carried it across the room to her desk , propped a book in front of it so that its rays would not fall upon the sleeping child , opened her portfolio , and sat down to write . When she had finished and had sealed her letter it was long past midnight . It was addressed to Lucy in Dresden , and contained a full account of all the doctor had told her of Bart 's death . For the first year Jane watched Archie 's growth and development with the care of a self-appointed nurse temporarily doing her duty by her charge . Later on , as the fact became burned into her mind that Lucy would never willingly return to Warehold , she clung to him with that absorbing love and devotion which an unmarried woman often lavishes upon a child not her own .