nearly midnight
On any ground you like . Only stay a little -- let us find ourselves again ! '' Elfrida forced a smile into what she said , and Janet let herself be drawn back to a chair . It was nearly midnight when she found herself again in her cab , driving through the empty lamplit Strand toward Kensington . She had prevailed , and now she had to scrutinize her methods . That necessity urged itself beyond her power to turn away from it , and left her sick at heart . She had prevailed -- Elfrida , she believed , was hers again .