midnight
Of course he reasoned with himself most earnestly from one end of the trolley line to the other , and called himself all kinds of a fool , but it did not the slightest particle of good . Underneath all the reasoning , he knew he was glad that he had found her once , and he determined to find her again , and to unravel the mystery . Then he sat looking long and earnestly into the depths of the beautiful white stone she had given to him , as if he might there read the way to find her . A little after midnight he arrived at the club-house , secured his suit-case and the hat-box , and took a cab to his home . He left the vehicle at the corner , lest the sound of it waken his mother or sister . He let himself silently into the house with his latch-key , and tiptoed up to his room . The light was burning low .