midnight
she said , aloud , staggering a little as she walked , `` my God , what would I have done ? '' Afterward , they said it was astounding that she had been able to go back to the Works that night . She must have been in very intense pain . When she came home , the pain conquered to the extent of sending her , at midnight , up to her stepdaughter 's room ; she was red with fever , and her eyes were glassy . `` Got any laudanum , or stuff of that kind ? '' she demanded . And yet the next day , when the bandages had been changed and there was some slight relief , she persisted in going to the Works again .