midnight
Nan lay in that half-drowsy and languid state until midnight . Hester , with all her very slight experience of illness , thought that as long as Nan was quiet she must be getting better ; but Miss Danesbury was by no means so sure , and , notwithstanding the doctor 's verdict , she felt anxious about the child . Hester had said that she could not sleep ; but at Miss Danesbury 's special request she got into bed , and before she knew anything about it was in a sound slumber . At midnight , when all the house was quiet , and Miss Danesbury kept a lonely watch by the sick child 's pillow , there came a marked change for the worse in the little one . She opened her feverish eyes wide and began to call out piteously ; but her cry now was , not for Hester , but for Annie . `` Me want my Annie , '' she said over and over , `` me do , me do . No , no ; go ` way , naughty Day-bury , me want my Annie ; me do want her . ''