about midnight
God , help me for Sandy 's sake . '' Not for his own -- but for Sandy 's sake always . And God heard and upheld the weak creature . Then came the night when Mary and Molly aroused Martin from his sleep as they came in about midnight . Martin had supposed them upstairs long before . He had come in at nine o'clock from the shed where he had wrestled with his craving and , by the help of God , had come out victorious once again . He had fallen asleep soon after and a vivid and strange dream had held him captive by its power .