midnight
I know he has n't taken his clothes off . And -- and -- '' she drew Sylvia again to the bed , and sat down beside her , `` he says such things ... the night after Mother died Lawrence had cried so I was afraid he would be sick , and I got him to bed and gave him some hot milk , '' -- the thought flashed from one to the other almost palpably , `` That is what Mother would have done '' -- `` and he went to sleep -- he was perfectly worn out . I went downstairs to find Father . It was after midnight . He was walking around the house into one room after another and out on the porch and even out in the garden , as fast as he could walk . He looked so -- '' She shuddered . `` I went up to him and said , ` Father , Father , what are you doing ? '