midnight
Not because Mr. Cresswell did not share his work , but because , apparently , he had no work , no duties , no cares . At first , in the dim glories of the honeymoon , this seemed but part of his delicate courtesy toward her , and it pleased her despite her thrifty New England nature ; but now that they were settled in Washington , the election over and Congress in session , it really seemed time for Work and Life to begin in dead earnest , and New England Mary was dreaming mighty dreams and golden futures . But Harry apparently was as content as ever with doing nothing . He arose at ten , dined at seven , and went to bed between midnight and sunrise . There was some committee meetings and much mail , but Mary was admitted to knowledge of none of these . The obvious step , of course , would be to set him at work ; but from this undertaking Mary unconsciously recoiled . She had already recognized that while her tastes and her husband 's were mostly alike , they were also strikingly different in many respects .