midnight before
I do n't know but the poor child needs an emetic to get rid of that . Eurie , my dear , ca n't you impress it on those dear people that we _ do n't want _ any hot water ? I hear the fourth pail coming . '' It was midnight before this excited group settled down into anything like quiet . But the strain had been so great , and the relief so complete , that a sleep so heavy that it was almost a stupor at last held the tired workers . Now , what of it all ? Why did this foolish mistake of bottles , which might have been a tragedy , and was nothing but a causeless excitement , reach so far with its results ?