midnight
My boy is a sick man . '' Meanwhile Albert had fallen into a light sleep . They sat beside his bedside watching his lips puff out , sometimes in bubbles . The silence of midnight descended over the transient formality of the hotel room . Undoubtedly Albert had a fever which seemed to be rising . He moistened his lips now constantly and threw himself about beneath the coverings , and then Mrs. Becker , not to be restrained , would lean forward to brush backward from his brow , as if there were hair . At midnight the doctor returned and at one o'clock Albert was removed to Murray Hill Hospital .