midnight
There is no more pliability in her with regard to Asbury than there is in a steel rod . How different she used to be with Brandt ! How she consulted his wishes and accommodated herself to him ! When a woman born to be ruled by love only passes by her master spirit , she becomes an anomaly in woman -- she makes complications over which the psychologist wastes midnight oil , and if he never discovers the solution , it is because of its very simplicity . All the sweetness seems to have left Alice 's nature . She keeps somebody with her every moment . That one guest chamber in her flat has been occupied by all the girls that she can persuade to visit her .