midnight
Anne slept , but not so madame . She listened and listened : to the stir of the leaves , to the dim murmur of running water , to the sighs of the night wind , to the crackling of a dry twig when Anne turned uneasily in her sleep . She listened and listened , but the sound she hungered for never came . At Quebec the news of the calamity did not become known till near midnight . As the wind-drifted pleasure-boat told its grim story , desolation fell upon the hearts of four men , each being conscious in his own way that some part of the world had shifted from under his feet . The governor recommended patience ; he was always recommending that attribute ; he was always practising it , and fatally at times . The four men shook their heads .