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`` Called ` Coming ' ? '' `` Ay '' -- and she added very slowly the first few words she wished to hear -- `` It may be when the midnight -- '' `` Is heavy upon the land , And the black waves lying dumbly Along the sand , When the moonless night draws close , And the lights are out in the house , When the fires burn low and red , And the watch is ticking loudly , Beside the bed . Though you sleep tired out , on your couch Still your heart must wake and watch , In the dark room . For it may be that at midnight , I will come . '' And then Norman said solemnly , `` In such an hour as you think not , He will come . '' About ten o'clock Christine caught an anxious look in her eyes , and she asked , `` What is it , Mither , dear Mither ? '' `` Neil ! ''