midnight
A last , hurried impression of her delicate profile on a small pane of glass accompanied him back to Myrtle Forge . There his mother regarded him with an open concern . `` Something 's on your mind , '' she declared . `` I passed your door at midnight , and there was light under it . I 've often told you about sitting up late . '' `` I 'm getting along , '' he replied lightly . `` You fail to do justice to the weight of my increasing majority .