midnight
If I am tired I will lie down upon my bed . I shall hear Molly ; I shall not sleep much . She will not be able to enter the house without my hearing her . '' It was extraordinary to hear her speak like this , and , a little frightened by her sudden sanity , they waited up with her until midnight . Then they tried to persuade her to go to bed , to allow them to lock up the house ; but she sat looking into the fire , seeming to see the girl dancing at the ball quite clearly . She seemed so contented that they left her , and for an hour she sat dreaming , seeing Molly young and beautifully dressed in the wedding-gown of more than sixty years ago . Dream after dream went by , the fire had burned low , the sods were falling into white ashes , and the moonlight began to stream into the room .