midnight
This time it was Peter . He looked very tired . `` I thought you would come , '' Jan said . `` She died at midnight . '' Peter closed the outer door , and taking Jan by the arm led her back into the sitting-room , where he put her in a corner of the big sofa and sat down beside her . He could not speak , and Jan saw that the tears she could not shed were in his eyes , those large dark eyes that could appear so sombre and then again so kind . Jan watched him enviously .