midnight
She ought to have this and one more before she goes . I do n't like to send her away without some good underclothing . '' Rebecca snatched at the little white garment and sewed feverishly . That night she wakened from a deep sleep a little after midnight and lay a minute trying to collect her faculties and explain to herself what she was listening to . At last she discovered that it was the then popular strains of `` The Maiden 's Prayer '' floating up through the floor from the piano in the sitting-room below . She jumped up , threw a shawl over her nightgown , and hurried downstairs trembling . There was nobody in the sitting-room ; the piano was silent .