midnight
Her stepfather and her mother were still in California -- that was all she would say about them . Why she had run away no one could imagine . Mr. Arnold Armstrong was at the Greenwood Club , and at last Thomas , not knowing what else to do , went over there along the path . It was almost midnight . Part-way over he met Armstrong himself and brought him to the lodge . Mrs. Watson had gone to the house for some bed-linen , it having been arranged that under the circumstances Louise would be better at the lodge until morning . Arnold Armstrong and Louise had a long conference , during which he was heard to storm and become very violent .