midnight
`` Better go in and read something , Mrs. Newman . You must n't worry yourself sick until you are sure you have something to worry about . '' How she passed the rest of the night , Katherine never knew . A little after midnight , Jack came in , his face tense and anxious . Katherine paled as she saw his expression . She knew he had met some of the searchers . When Jack saw the color leave his wife 's pretty cheeks , he kissed her very tenderly and for a moment they clung to each other silently , thinking of the delicate girl adrift on the desert .