midnight
When it was sunlight , her mother watched her every step she took , for fear she would get into danger , but she never thought of watching her by night , for she said the _ angels took care of her then _ . Lily had a little bed of her own , right by the window , for she told her mother she loved to feel the moon shining on her eye-lids , making a sort of faintish glimmer , as it were . `` One night she lay down in the moonshine , and fell asleep , and her mother looked upon her for a long time , thinking how beautiful she was , and what a pity the young men could not take her to be a wife , she had such a loving heart , and seemed made so much for love . At last she fell asleep herself , dreaming of Lily , and did not wake till past midnight . Her first thought was of Lily , and she leaned on her elbow , and looked at the little bed , with its white counterpane , that glittered like snow in the moonshine . But Lily was not there , and the window was wide open . The woman jumped up in fright , and ran to the window and looked out , but she could see nothing but the trees and the woods .