midnight
The terrible thing was that she could do nothing for him . She could only wait and watch . The nurse came back in half an hour , and they sat there together , all the afternoon , one on each side of the bed , waiting and watching . Towards evening the doctor , who had come at midnight and in the morning , came again . He looked at Anne keenly and kindly , and his manner seemed to her to say that there was no hope . He made experiments . He brought a lighted candle and held it to the patient 's eyes , and said that the pupils were still contracted .