Midnight
It wrings my very heart . O my child , my son -- my own heart 's joy ! '' The old man threw up his arms with a wild gesture of despair , and there was something in his face so terrible that the twins dared ask him no question ; but after that one cry and gesture , the stony look returned upon his face , and he went on of his own accord . `` Midnight had come . I knew it by the position of the moon in the heavens . My boy had been sleeping like one dead beside me , never moving or stirring , scarce breathing ; and I had at last grown soothed and drowsy likewise . I had just fallen into a light sleep , when I was aroused by feeling Roger stir beside me , and hastily sit up in the bed .