midnight
In the midst of these cogitations he saw the group at the table rise and break up . Elsa entered the hotel . Warrington turned away and walked aimlessly toward town . For hours he wandered about , seeing nothing , hearing nothing ; and it was long past midnight when he sought his room , restless and weary but wide awake . He called for a stiff peg , drank it , and tumbled into bed . He was whirled away into broken dreams . Now he was running down the gridiron , with the old thrill in his blood .