midnight
There had been coldness , if not annoyance , in Hobart 's manner to me . Well , confound him , it was n't to be expected that he should much care for his wife to write for the _ Fact _ . But he might mind his own business and leave Jane to mind hers , I thought . Peacock came in at this point , and we worked till midnight . Peacock opened a parcel of review books from Hubert Wilkins -- all tripe , of course . He turned them over , impatiently . ` What fools the fellows are to go on sending us their rubbish .