one o'clock in the morning
She kept Miss Carew and the maid fussing about her , in a terror of being alone , until the draught was at last sent in by a dilatory chemist . She then hurried them away , drank the medicine , and set herself to go to sleep . The draught acted soon , as Miss Carew learnt by listening at the door and hearing the deep , regular breathing . But the effects passed off , and Molly sat up absolutely awake at one o'clock in the morning . She lay down again and tried to force herself to sleep by sheer will power , but she soon realised the awful impotence of desire in forcing sleep . At last , horror of her own intensely alert faculties , blinded by darkness , made her turn up the light . Instantly the sight of the familiar room seemed unbearable , and she turned it down again .