midnight
`` We must let him eat something , Miss Winter , '' he whispered . `` All night the muffled sound of his footfall came from his room . I heard it at nine , at ten , at eleven . At midnight Stanton left his door ajar and his steady tramp , tramp , tramp , came with heavier sound . The last thing I heard as I left at three was the muffled beat upstairs . The guard told me it never stopped for a moment all night . '' Betty was surprised to see his face illumined by a cheerful smile as she entered .