midnight
It does seem when things are going wrong in one 's life , there 's no telling where they 'll stop . You know Mrs. Wheaton works for Roger 's aunt , Mrs. Atwood . Well , she was there this morning , and Mrs. Atwood talked dreadfully about us , and how we had inveigled her nephew into the worst of folly . She told Mrs. Wheaton that Mr. Atwood had intended to give Roger a splendid education , and might have made him his heir , but that he demanded , as his condition , that he should have nothing more to do with such people as we were , and how Roger refused , and how after a bitter quarrel the latter left the house at midnight . She also said that his uncle would have nothing more to do with him , and that his family at home would be almost equally angry . Oh , I feel as if I could sink into the earth with shame and worry . What shall we do ? ''