midnight
The thing would have to be accomplished little by little . At times she had misgivings as to the honesty of the course she had adopted . But nowadays , playing as he did with her only , Condy gambled but two or three evenings in the week , and then not for more than two hours at a time . Heretofore hardly an evening that had not seen him at the round table in his club 's card-room , whence he had not risen until long after midnight . Condy had told young Sargeant that he had `` reformed '' in the matter of gambling , and intended to swear off for a few months . Sargeant , like the thoroughbred he was , never urged him to play after that , and never spoke of the previous night 's game when Condy was about . The other men of his `` set '' were no less thoughtful , and , though they rallied him a little at first upon his defection , soon let the matter drop .