nearly midnight
There lay the whole situation , perfectly plain . She did not love him . She had betrayed him , had turned the face of the whole community against him , had permitted him to affront the gentle people who had unselfishly aided him and given him their affection . He wandered about the streets until nearly midnight , and then he engaged a room in the _ Internacional _ and assured himself that it was time to go to bed . He needed a good rest . To-morrow he would know what to do . But the sight of the room assigned to him surprised him in some odd way -- as if every article of furniture in it were mocking him .