midnight
She betrayed no fear , only annoyance , and offered no resistance , only begged he would not wake the child , or take her from her . He brought them in a cab to the police-station , whence the child was sent home . As soon as she arrived , Sarah gave her a warm bath , and put her to bed ; but she scarcely opened her eyes . Jemima had run about the streets till midnight , and then fallen asleep on the doorstep , where the policeman found her when he brought the child . For a week she went about like one dazed ; and the blunders she made were marvellous . She ordered a brace of cod from the poulterer , and a pound of anchovies at the crockery shop . One day at dinner , we could not think how the chops were so pulpy , and we got so many bits of bone in our mouth : she had powerfully beaten them , as if they had been steaks .