midnight
Joseph Rigobert immediately volunteered for the duty -- as a means , no doubt , of winning his way back to my favor . I accepted his proposal . That day the surgeon dined with us . Toward midnight he and I left the smoking room , and repaired to Francis Raven 's bedside . Rigobert was at his post , with no very agreeable expression on his face . The Frenchman and the Englishman had evidently not got on well together so far . Francis Raven lay helpless on his bed , waiting silently for two in the morning and the Dream Woman .