two in the morning
Myra could not answer this . It is a curious fact that some of the terrible moments of life are afterward treasured as the great moments . Looked back upon , they are seen to be the vital step forward , the readjustment and growth of character , and not for anything would any real man or woman miss them . Afterward Myra discovered that this night had been one of the master nights of her life , and when she repictured that walk up Tenth Street at two in the morning , through the thin sifting snow , the big tragic man at he ; side , it seemed a beautiful and wonderful thing . They had been all alone out in the city 's streets , close together , feeling as one the reality of life , sharing as one the sharp unconquerable tragedy , suffering together against the injustice of the world . But at the moment she felt only bitter , self-reproachful , and full of pity for poor human beings . It was a time when the divine creatures born of woman seemed mere little waifs astray in a friendless universe , somehow lost on a cruel earth , crying like children in the pitiless night , foredoomed and predestined to broken hearts and death .