midnight
`` Perhaps he 'll think more kindly of me , '' said she to his father , to whom she first communicated her plan , and Mr. Livingstone felt that he could not undeceive her . Accordingly , a lawyer was summoned from Frankfort , and the will duly drawn up , signed , sealed , and delivered into the hands of Mr. Livingstone , whose wife , with a mocking laugh , bade him `` guard it carefully , it was so valuable . '' `` It shows her goodness of heart , at least , '' said he , and possibly Mrs. Livingstone thought so , too , for from that time her manner softened greatly toward her daughter-in-law . * * * * * * It was midnight at Maple grove . On the table , in its accustomed place , the lamp was burning dimly , casting the shadow upon the wall , whilst over the whole room a darker shadow was brooding . The window was open , and the cool night air came softly in , lifting the masses of raven hair from off the pale brow of the dying . Tenderly above her Nellie and ` Lena were bending .