ten o'clock in the morning
And ` very bad , ' Netta undoubtedly was all that night . Dr Richards did not leave the house , and in due course of time the other medical man arrived ; still , the half-expressed and wholly felt wishes of her mother-in-law for her death were not realised . The dawn of morning found her sleeping peaceably with her infant in her arms , and her mother thanking God that she was better . At ten o'clock in the morning , carriage wheels were again heard , and Mrs Prothero trembled as Howel entered the house , and there was a consultation of doctors as to the propriety of his seeing his wife at once . Mrs Griffey anticipated every one else by going direct to Howel . ` How is she , mother ? ' were his first words .