About midnight
Her fingers were as busy as his tongue . And , when he retired , she presented him with the fruits of a fortnight 's work , a glorious wrapper made of fleecy cotton inclosed in a plaited web of flexible and silky grasses . He thanked her , and blessed her , and retired for the night . About midnight she awoke and felt uneasy . So she did what since his illness she had done a score of times without his knowledge -- she stole from her lair to watch him . She found him wrapped in her present , which gave her great pleasure ; and sleeping like an infant , which gave her joy . She eyed him eloquently for a long time ; and then very timidly put out her hand , and , in her quality of nurse , laid it lighter than down upon his brow .