an hour
after midnight
You will have to manage as best you can . '' He departed , and Stella arranged to divide the night-watches with Peter the Great . She did not privately believe that there was much ground for alarm , but in view of the doctor 's very emphatic words she decided to spend the first hours by Tommy 's side . Peter would relieve her an hour after midnight , when at his earnest request she promised to go to her room and rest . The sedative very speedily took effect upon Tommy and he slept calmly while she sat beside him with the light from the lamp turned upon her book . But though her eyes were upon the open page her attention was far from it . Her thoughts had wandered to Monck and dwelt persistently upon him .