midnight
After a word of good-night we parted . I knew that nothing better could occur to my patient than that Justine Caron should help to nurse him . This would do far more for him than medicine -- the tender care of a woman -- than many pharmacopoeias . Hungerford had insisted on relieving me for a couple of hours at midnight . He said it would be a good preparation for going on the bridge at three o'clock in the morning . About half-past two he came to my cabin and waked me , saying : `` He is worse -- delirious ; you had better come . '' He was indeed delirious .