about seven o'clock
And nurse looked righteously indignant , and as if she would be rather glad than otherwise for Dr. Wilson to meet with an accident , and learn , by personal experience , the true measure of insignificance or importance attaching to a broken limb . Remembering , however , at this point , the inconvenience which might result to ourselves from such a catastrophe , she retreated from the position , and took to speculating what the doctor 's views were likely to be with reference to his night accommodation ; whether he would go `` between sheets , '' or merely lie down on the sofa , and what motives might be likely to influence him towards either decision ; reasoning it all out to me as if I had been grown-up . In fact , one of the peculiar sensations which are stamped upon every recollection of that long sad day , was that of being treated as though I were a `` person , '' and not a child , by almost every member of the community ; a sensation bringing with it a dim sense of glory -- that might have been -- but which my guilty position kept me back from enjoying . Both my parents came down to a sort of dinner-tea , which we had together at about seven o'clock , and my mother stayed a little while with me afterwards , and then sent me off , rather earlier than usual , to bed , upon the plea of my being weary with the long , anxious day . To bed ; but not to my usual peaceful sleep ; for all the night through one terrible dream seemed to succeed the other , until , in the act of landing at the White-Rock Cove , and calling for help , I woke at last to find myself standing somewhere in the dark , I could not at first make out where , though it turned out to be in Aleck 's room , to which I had made my way in my sleep . I began to cry with fright , and my father came running up to see what was the matter . He was quite dressed , and brought a candle with him , and looked so natural and real that he chased away all spectral frights .