midnight
She gloated in the fact that he had been driven into temporary exile , and that he could not find a place in the circle as long as she was there . Occasionally one or the other of his accomplices glanced anxiously toward the quiet outsider , but no one asked him to come into the fold . In the end , his indifference began to irritate her . When Lady Saxondale rang for the candles near the midnight hour , she took her candlestick from the maid , with no little relief , and unceremoniously made her way toward the hall . She nervously uttered a general good-night to the party and flushed angrily when Quentin 's voice responded with the others : `` Good-night , Dorothy . '' `` I can not endure it , '' she cried to herself a dozen times before morning . `` I shall go mad if I have to see his face and hear his voice and feel that he is looking at me .