nearly midnight
March would have liked to run ; he thought how his wife had implored him to keep away from the rioting ; but he could not have left Lindau lying there if he would . Something stronger than his will drew him to the spot , and there he saw Conrad , dead beside the old man . In the cares which Mrs. March shared with her husband that night she was supported partly by principle , but mainly by the potent excitement which bewildered Conrad 's family and took all reality from what had happened . It was nearly midnight when the Marches left them and walked away toward the Elevated station with Fulkerson . Everything had been done , by that time , that could be done ; and Fulkerson was not without that satisfaction in the business-like despatch of all the details which attends each step in such an affair and helps to make death tolerable even to the most sorely stricken . We are creatures of the moment ; we live from one little space to another ; and only one interest at a time fills these . Fulkerson was cheerful when they got into the street , almost gay ; and Mrs. March experienced a rebound from her depression which she felt that she ought not to have experienced .