midnight
`` And then thou must go to bed and settle thyself with a good , deep sleep . '' `` To be sure , mother . Joy tires a man as trouble does , but a deep sleep will rest and steady me . '' So John went to the deep , steadying sleep he needed ; it was Mrs. Hatton who watched the midnight hours away in anxious thought and careful forebodings . She had not worried much about Harry 's passion for Lucy Lugur . She was sure that his Mediterranean trip would introduce him to girls so much lovelier than Lucy that he would practically have forgotten her when he returned . Harry had been in love with half a dozen girls before Lucy .