nine o'clock at night
You see I want -- I want -- to be -- '' He did not finish the sentence , but she could interpret it . And that night after he left her , and as she sat by her own little boy 's bed , she prayed humbly for that poor way-worn sinner . Rawdon left her and walked home rapidly . It was nine o'clock at night . He ran across the streets and the great squares of Vanity Fair , and at length came up breathless opposite his own house . He started back and fell against the railings , trembling as he looked up . The drawing-room windows were blazing with light .