midnight
The whole room took on a different aspect because of it . The stone pug dog before the little stove reflected it in his protruding eyes ; the canary woke and chittered feebly at this new gilt , so much brighter than the bars of its little prison . Lorenzo de ' Medici , in the steel engraving , sitting in the heart of his court , seemed to ogle the thing out of the corner of one eye , while the brilliant colors of the unused rifle manufacturer 's calendar seemed to fade and pale in the brilliance of this greater glory . At length , long after midnight , the dentist started to go to bed , undressing himself with his eyes still fixed on the great tooth . All at once he heard Marcus Schouler 's foot on the stairs ; he started up with his fists clenched , but immediately dropped back upon the bed-lounge with a gesture of indifference . He was in no truculent state of mind now . He could not reinstate himself in that mood of wrath wherein he had left the corner grocery .