midnight
I -- I ` opes he lif through de night -- heem no more bad as heem was , anyvays , an ' dat someting . '' So they went away sorrowfully , to the little new-born calf and the babies and the children who needed them , and Stefan sat on the floor with his back to the wall , while Maigan snuggled up against him . Dr. Starr remained all night , sometimes dozing a little on his chair , with the ability of the man often called at night to take little snatches of sleep here and there , but Madge was at all times wide awake . Some time after midnight Hugo appeared to be sleeping quietly . The valuable candles had been extinguished , of course , but the little lamp was burning , shaded on one side by a piece of birch bark . Stefan had gradually curled up on the floor , under the table , where he was out of the way , and was snoring lustily . In the morning , doubtless , he would most honestly insist that he had not slept an instant .