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?”