About midnight
It happened sometimes that in the mere escape of a fatigued mind , I dozed for some moments or forgot ; then I would say to myself with a start , `` Now it has come , and I am turning delirious ! '' They kept me very quiet all day , and kept my arm constantly dressed , and gave me cooling drinks . Whenever I fell asleep , I awoke with the notion I had had in the sluice-house , that a long time had elapsed and the opportunity to save him was gone . About midnight I got out of bed and went to Herbert , with the conviction that I had been asleep for four-and-twenty hours , and that Wednesday was past . It was the last self-exhausting effort of my fretfulness , for after that I slept soundly . Wednesday morning was dawning when I looked out of window . The winking lights upon the bridges were already pale , the coming sun was like a marsh of fire on the horizon .