midnight
Joanne must go with us . You will come early ? '' `` At dawn , Johnny . '' He returned to the bungalow with Blackton , and until midnight the lights there burned brightly while the two men answered a thousand questions about the night 's adventure , and Aldous told of his and Joanne 's plans for the honeymoon trip into the North that was to begin the next day . It was half-past twelve when be locked the door of his and sat down to think . There was no doubt in the mind of John Aldous now . The attempt upon Joanne left him but one course to pursue : he must take her with him , in spite of the monumental objections which he had seen a few hours before .