About nine o'clock
I assure you there is no danger ! '' `` So you said last night , doctor ; and just see how much worse he is getting ! '' As Dr. Elton was generally a man of few words , he said no more , but wrote a prescription , and went away , promising , however , at the earnest request of Mrs. Marvel , to call again that night . About nine o'clock he called in , and found Charley 's fever in no degree abated . Mrs. Marvel was in tears , and her husband pacing the floor in a state of great uneasiness . `` O doctor , he 'll die , I 'm sure he 'll die ! '' said Mrs. Marvel , weeping bitterly .