midnight
If I could only doze for a few moments ; if I could only shut out the black waters for a minute ! The tumults of my thoughts were indescribable . My whole life seemed to pass before me ; every childish folly , every girlish error and sin , seemed to rise up before me ; conversations I had forgotten , little incidents of family life , dull or otherwise ; speeches I had made and repented , till my head seemed whirling . It must be midnight now , I thought . If I could only dare ; but a new terror kept me wide awake . In spite of my protecting arms , would not Dot suffer from the damp chilliness ? He shivered in his sleep , and Flurry moaned and half woke , and then slept again .