midnight
At the corner Dorn stopped and regarded the novelist . `` I 've had a look at hell , '' he whispered , and with a laugh hurried off alone . Lockwood watched him moving swiftly down the street , and yawned . It was near midnight . Rachel 's eyes , brightened with tears , watched her lover bathing his face . `` It seemed so long , '' she murmured , `` till you came . '' `` That damned Warren Lockwood led me astray , '' he smiled .