midnight
He had been complaining a little , and I gave him a spoonful of the doctor 's dose . My lady had been there in the early part of the evening ; she sat far more than an hour by his bed . Then she went away and left me alone . After midnight she came back , and her eldest son was with her . They went to the bed and looked at the marquis , and my lady took hold of his hand . Then she turned to me and said he was not so well ; I remember how the marquis , without saying anything , lay staring at her . I can see his white face , at this moment , in the great black square between the bed-curtains .