midnight
So he seemed to be , but he was one of those men who weave a spell like that of an able actor . He excited temporary convictions that began to change as soon as the curtain fell . He was in fact a performer . That little midnight scene at the City Hotel had sounded the keynote of his character . He was no reckless villain of romance . If he instigated the robbery of the south-bound mail wagon , of which the writer of this little history has no shadow of doubt , he was so careful about it that no evidence which would satisfy a jury has been discovered to this day . On account of the continued illness of her mother Bim was unable to resume her work in the academy .