midnight
Then , at least , she could look a little after Florindo , who had lived so much at the club that he had fairly forgotten he _ had _ a wife and children . The trouble was all with Florindo , anyway ; he cared more for his business than his family , much ; if he did not , he could have managed somehow to spend the summers with them . Other men did it , and ran down once a month , or once a fortnight , to put things in shape , and then came back . Sleeping on a midnight view of her hard case , Lindora woke one morning with an inspiration ; it might not be too much to call it a revelation . She wondered at herself , she was ashamed of herself , for not having thought of it before . Europe , of course , was the only solution . Once in Europe , you need not worry about where to go , for you could go anywhere .