midnight
She was growing suspicious of every one ; Alice had to listen ten times a day to complaints of dishonesty in the domestics or the tradespeople ; the old woman kept as keen a watch over petty expenditure as if poverty had still to be guarded against . And she was constantly visiting the Vines ; she would rise at small hours to get her house-work done , so as to be able to spend the afternoon in Wilton Square . That , in truth , was still her home ; the new house could never be to her what the old was ; she was a stranger amid the new furniture , and sighed with relief as soon as her eyes rested on the familiar chairs and tables which had been her household gods through a lifetime . ` Arry had given comparatively little trouble of late ; beyond an occasional return home an hour or so after midnight , his proceedings seemed to be perfectly regular . He saw a good deal of Mr. Keene , who , as Alice gathered from various remarks in Richard 's letters , exercised over him a sort of tutorage . It was singular how completely Richard seemed to have changed in his judgment of Mr. Keene . ` His connection with newspapers makes him very useful , ' said one letter .