midnight
Alice asked . `` In about a week . I 'm going to write a letter to Sarah to-night to pave the way . '' It was midnight when Aunt Ella completed a letter that seemed to fit the case . `` MY DEAR SISTER SARAH : -- I write to let you know that Florence and her husband will sail for America in about a week . This may not be news to you , for probably Florence has written you , but it will be news when I tell you that Maude and her husband , Mr. Merry , will sail on the same steamer . They have visited Florence and are now here with me .