Three o’clock
This was the last they did hear , except the sobbing breaths , ever more convulsive . Rachel had never before been present with death , and awe and dismay seemed to paralyse her whole frame . Even the words of hope and prayer for which the child 's eyes craved from both her fellow-watchers seemed to her a strange tongue , inefficient to reach the misery of this untimely mortal agony , this work of neglect and cruelty -- and she the cause . Three o'clock had struck before the last painful gasp had been drawn , and Mrs. Kelland 's sobbing cry broke forth . Dr. Macvicar told Rachel that the child was at rest . She shivered from head to foot , her teeth chattered , and she murmured , `` Accountable for all . '' Dr. Macvicar at once made her swallow some of the cordial brought for the poor child , and then summoning the maid whom Grace had stationed in the outer room , he desired her to put her young mistress to bed without loss of time .