midnight
The next morning I rose early to see Allan off Just at the last moment Carrie came down in her pretty white wrapper to bid him good-by . Allan was strapping up his portmanteau in the hall , and shook his head at her in comic disapproval . `` Fie , what pale cheeks , Miss Carrie ! One would think you had been burning the midnight oil . '' I wonder if Allan 's jesting words approached the truth , for Carrie 's face flushed suddenly , and she did not answer . Allan did not seem to notice her confusion . He bade us both good-by very affectionately , and told us to be good girls and take care of ourselves , and then in a moment he was gone .