nearly midnight
He kept on working , not talking any more , and I watched him . Before long , I saw that the third figure of the group -- the one looking straight ahead , out over the world -- bore his face ; not as you ever saw it , but as it looked then and to the end . This is one thing for which I should like to find an explanation , but I never shall . `` Well , he worked and I watched him in silence , and we went on that way until nearly midnight . Then we heard the door open and shut sharply , and a swift rush in the next room . Boris sprang through the doorway and I followed ; but we were too late . She lay at the bottom of the pool , her hands across her breast .