midnight
But on each occasion she put it off . And always when the man was gone and she was alone , in spite of the return in full force of all her disturbing thoughts and emotions , she was glad that she had not committed herself irrevocably -- that she was still free . She had never felt the appeal of all that McIver meant to her as she felt it that Sunday . She had never been more disturbed and unhappy than she was the following day when John told her a little of his midnight experience with their father and how Adam 's excitement had been caused by Peter Martin 's visit . All of which led her , early in the afternoon , to the Interpreter . * * * * * She found the old basket maker working with feverish energy . Billy Rand at the bench in the corner of the room was as busy with his part of their joint industry .