morning, noon
Sometimes he talked of going back to America ; and sometimes he threatened to close his career by enlisting as a private soldier . Would any other person , in my place , have seen which way these signs pointed ? I doubt it , if that person 's mind had been absorbed , as mine was , in watching Lucilla day by day . Even if I had been a suspicious woman by nature -- which , thank God , I am not -- my distrust must have lain dormant , in the all-subduing atmosphere of suspense hanging heavily on me morning , noon , and night in the darkened room . So much , briefly , for the sayings and doings of the persons principally concerned in this narrative , during the six weeks which separate Part the First from Part the Second . I begin again on the ninth of August . This was the memorable day chosen by Herr Grosse for risking the experiment of removing the bandage , and permitting Lucilla to try her sight for the first time .