Midnight
`` So , now she knows it , '' muttered the watchman ; `` now she will go to bed . '' And he sauntered down the long and tortuous street , to repeat his song on the next corner . He had really accomplished his purpose ; his song had interrupted the prayer of the young wife , and she had risen from her knees . `` Midnight already ! '' she murmured , in a low voice . `` Another day of anguish is over , and a new one is beginning . Oh , would to God I could sleep , always sleep , so as to be at least unconscious of the dangers that are menacing HIM !