six o'clock
Be sure to keep his neck free . He is breathing , but I may as well be plain with you -- there is a great risk of your child dying in this condition . ' Neighbours were again at the window , and Miriam drew the blind , waving them away . At six o'clock the doctor reappeared . ` There is no change , ' he remarked . ` I will call in before I go to bed . ' When he lifted the latch for the third time , at ten o'clock , Eli Machin and Miriam still sat by the sofa , and Tommy still lay thereon , moveless , a terrible enigma .