midnight
He looked at it for a moment or two , then turned and retraced his steps with grim precision . When he reached the bungalow , he turned into the room in which they had dined ; and sat down to write . Time passed , but he took no note of it . It was past midnight ere he thrust his papers together at length and rose to go . The main passage of the bungalow was bright with moonlight as he traversed it . A crouching figure rose up from a shadowed doorway at his approach . Peter the Great looked at him with reproach in his eyes .