about midnight
I only tuik mair nor I wad hae gi'en for the colt mysel ' . And min ' ye dinna lat me fa ' , gaein ' throu the lift . '' He went on thus , with wandering thoughts that in their wildest vagaries were yet tending homeward ; and which when least sound , were yet busy with the wisest of mortal business -- repentance . By degrees he fell into a slumber , and from that , about midnight , into a deeper sleep . The next morning , Annie went out . She could not feel oppressed or sorrowful at such a death , and she would walk up the river to the churchyard where her father lay . The Wan Water was shallow , and therefore full of talk about all the things that were deep secrets when its bosom was full .