midnight
` It means that you must get out of this , ' he replied gruffly . ` I wo n't , ' I answered , for I had wellnigh lost control over myself . Something , I could not tell what , made me sure that an important change was taking place in my friend 's condition , and I forgot all about the etiquette of a sick-room . The experiences through which I had passed , my long , midnight journey , together with the feverish anxiety under which I was suffering , made me forget myself . ` I am his only friend , ' I went on , ` and I have a right to be here , and I have a right to know everything . What is it ? What have you done ? '