midnight
Then , after resting a little , she took her brother 's hand and went on in a weak , toneless voice : `` How kind you are , Alyosha ! ... And how clever ! ... What a good man you 've grown up into ! '' At midnight Laptev said good-night to her , and as he went away he took with him the parasol that Yulia Sergeyevna had forgotten . In spite of the late hour , the servants , male and female , were drinking tea in the dining-room . How disorderly ! The children were not in bed , but were there in the dining-room , too .