midnight
You are numb all over , turned to stone like a statue ; you go on and feel as though it were not you walking , but someone else moving your legs instead of you . When your soul is frozen you do n't know what you are doing : you are ready to leave the old woman with no one to guide her , or to pull a hot roll from off a hawker 's tray , or to fight with someone . And when you come to your night 's lodging into the warmth after the frost , there is not much joy in that either ! You lie awake till midnight , crying , and do n't know yourself what you are crying for ... '' `` We must walk about the skating-ground before it gets dark , '' said the governor 's wife , who was bored with listening . `` Who 's coming with me ? '' The governor 's wife went out and the whole company trooped out of the pavilion after her . Only the governor , the bishop , and the mayor remained .