midnight
I believe we shall go round to the cove in the yacht . Can I take you two ? ' Felix gladly accepted , aware that their transport was a difficulty to the Stapleses , and that the Kittiwake would be felicity to Lance , who had fraternized with the boys , and went off with them to see the vessel . He returned brimful of delight and fatigue , only just in time to tumble into bed as fast as possible , and Felix was thus able to get his work off his mind by midnight . The morning 's letters set them quite at rest . Sister Constance and Clement both wrote : Geraldine had been calm and resolute from the time Felix 's consent arrived , and doubt was over ; and Clement , though tender , and striving hard to be firm , had been chiefly useful in calling out her words of encouragement . He had spent the time of the operation in the oratory , and there had been so entirely overcome by the tidings that all was safely over , that he was hardly fit to go to Cherry when he was sent for ; and that was not soon , for the effect of chloroform on her had indeed been to annihilate pain , but only half to make her unconscious , for she went on talking to Felix about the expedience all the time , ever repeating the old motto , ` Under Wode , Under Rode ; ' and the trance had lasted for a good while , though when once over , she remembered nothing of it , and was only so rejoiced and thankful , that it was difficult to keep her calm enough .