four o'clock
Now shut your eyes and try to get to sleep until the doctor comes round . '' Cuthbert closed his eyes at once . Mary went about the ward doing her work for the next two hours , returning at frequent intervals to the bedside , and seeing with satisfaction that he was sleeping quietly . At four o'clock the surgeon came in . She was occupied in serving out some soup to the patients and did not go round with him . She had finished her work when he returned to where she was standing near the entrance . `` I did not wake him , '' he said , in answer to her look , `` but his pulse is stronger , and the action of his heart regular .