midnight
He talked to the girl artist very frankly before she left for Millville , and Hetty knew he was right , and was truly grateful for the opportunity to redeem herself . The sweet girl journalists with whom she was thrown in contact were so different from any young women she had heretofore known , and proved so kindly sympathetic , that Hetty speedily became ashamed of her wasted life and formed a brave resolution to merit the friendship so generously extended her . But it was hard work at first . She could get through the days easily enough by wandering in the woods and taking long walks along the rugged country roads ; but in the evenings came the insistent call of the cafes , the cheap orchestras , vaudeville , midnight suppers and the like . She strenuously fought this yearning and found it was growing less and less powerful to influence her . But her nights were yet restless and her nerves throbbing from the effects of past dissipations . Often she would find herself unable to sleep and would go out into the moonlight when all others were in bed , and `` prowl around with the cats , '' as she expressed it , until the wee hours of morning .