midday
Then a scream of pain rent the stillness of the room . `` Is that the same woman who was here when I first came in ? Has n't she been confined yet ? '' `` No , and I do n't think she will be till midday ; she 's very bad . '' The door was thrown open , and Esther was wheeled into the passage . She was like a convalescent plant trying to lift its leaves to the strengthening light , but within this twilight of nature the thought of another life , now in the world , grew momentarily more distinct . `` Where is my boy ? ''