about twelve o’clock
She tried reading to him , but he grew too eager about the book ; and at last she rather advanced the time for dressing for dinner , both for herself and Henrietta , and sent Bennet to sit with him , hoping thus perforce to reduce him to a quiescent state . He was by this means a little calmed for the rest of the evening ; but so wakeful and restless a night ensued , that he began to be alarmed , and fully came to the conclusion that Philip Carey was in the right after all . Towards morning , however , a short sleep visited him , and he awoke at length quite sufficiently refreshed to be self-willed as ever ; and , contrary to advice , insisted on leaving his bed at his usual hour . Philip Carey came at about twelve o'clock , and was disappointed as well as surprised to find him so much more languid and uncomfortable , as he could not help allowing that he felt . His pulse , too , was unsatisfactory ; but Philip thought the excitement of the interview with Alex well accounted for the sleepless night , as well as for the exhaustion of the present day : and Fred persuaded himself to believe so too . Henrietta did not like to leave him to-day , but she was engaged to take a ride with grandpapa , who felt as if the little Mary of years long gone by was restored to him , when he had acquired a riding companion in his granddaughter . Mrs. Langford undertook to sit with Fred , and Mrs. Geoffrey Langford , who had been at first afraid that she would be too bustling a nurse for him just now , seeing that he was evidently impatient to be left alone with her , returned to Mrs. Frederick Langford , resolving , however , not to be long absent .