about ten o'clock
Her feeble frame , exhausted by maternal duties , and ever-beginning , never-ending household cares , had yielded under the accumulation of burdens too heavy to bear . For a while after Mr. Bain 's return , his wife talked much , but incoherently ; then she became quiet . But her fever remained high , and inflammation tended strongly towards the brain . He was sitting by the bedside about ten o'clock , alone with her , when she began to talk in her wandering way again ; but her words were distinct and coherent . `` I tried to do it right , '' said she , sadly ; `` but my head ached so that I did not know what I was doing . Ah me ! I never please him now in any thing .