midnight
`` You might need them to keep you from having to explain their absence , '' she reminded him . The moments fairly flew . They passed the North Side Station , and were nearing the flag station . After that there would be no more stops until past midnight . The young man knew he must get off . `` I have almost a mind to go on to Chicago and see that you are safely located , '' he said with sudden daring . `` It seems too terrible to set you adrift in the world this way . ''