nearly ten o'clock at night
It was a cool clear evening and Hugh was restless . The town of Burlington , a prosperous place in the midst of a rich farming country , overwhelmed him with its stir and bustle . For the first time he saw brick-paved streets and streets lighted with lamps . Although it was nearly ten o'clock at night when he arrived , people still walked about in the streets and many stores were open . The hotel where he had taken a room faced the railroad tracks and stood at the corner of a brightly lighted street . When he had been shown to his room Hugh sat for a half hour by an open window , and then as he could not sleep , decided to go for a walk . For a time he walked in the streets where the people stood about before the doors of the stores but , as his tall figure attracted attention and he felt people staring at him , he went presently into a side street .