About midnight
A man or boy whistling seemed to fill the valley . The moon arrived too late to be of service to any wayfarer . Everybody in Thrums was asleep but ourselves , and the doctor who never came . About midnight Hendry climbed the attic stair and joined me at the window . His hand was shaking as he pulled back the blind . I began to realize that his heart could still overflow . `` She 's waur , '' he whispered , like one who had lost his voice .