midnight
She clung to the broad post and listened . Could Ned be worse ? Then the chime of the hall clock startled her . It was just midnight ! Dorothy had no idea it was so very late . She would just go to the library door -- Involuntarily she turned toward the vestibule . A strange sensation of some one watching her from without possessed her , terrified her , and at the same instant a light tap sounded upon the plate-glass door .