midnight
` There are more things in heaven and earth . ' ... Come home , Pansay , and thank God . I want a peg badly . '' We retraced our way over the Church Ridge , and I arrived at Dr. Heatherlegh 's house shortly after midnight . His attempts toward my cure commenced almost immediately , and for a week I never left his sight . Many a time in the course of that week did I bless the good-fortune which had thrown me in contact with Simla 's best and kindest doctor . Day by day my spirits grew lighter and more equable .