midnight
What surprises me still more is that you so completely forgot my advice : no matter what the trouble and the shame , come straight to me . Here was a grand chance to try it . '' `` I never thought of this kind of trouble , '' said Louis dully . `` Anyway , I got such a fright that I understood nothing rightly up to midnight . The terrible feeling of public disgrace eat into me . I saw and heard people crying over me as at a funeral , you know that hopeless crying . The road ahead looked to be full of black clouds .