About midnight
I was much troubled about her , and something happened presently which did not tend to set my mind at rest . The room was large , and the fire , though bright , and one shaded lamp standing on a low table , left the greater part of it in shadow . When I gave up the attempt to read , I had gone to the farther end of it to lie on a sofa which was quite in the shade . About midnight the door into Ideala 's room opened and she stood on the threshold with a loose white wrapper round her . She could not see me , and I ought to have spoken and let her know I was there , but I was startled at first by her sudden appearance , and afterwards I was afraid of startling her . She was so nervous and fragile then that a very little might have led to serious consequences . I did not like to play the spy , but it was a choice of two evils , and I thought she had come for a book or something , and would go directly , and if she did discover me she would suppose me to be asleep .