midnight
I await with patience whatever may be impending -- an early day must decide . '' `` That will bring certainty , and put an end to this suspense , '' murmured Sabina . `` Now rest and try to sleep , '' said Verus with a tender fervency , that was peculiar to his tones . `` It is past midnight and the physician has often forbidden you to sit up late . Farewell , dream sweetly , and always be the same to me as a man , that you were to me in my childhood and youth . '' Sabina withdrew the hand he had taken , saying : `` But you must not leave me . I want you .