midnight
But Beasley did not go . Instead he paced to and fro the length of Helen Rayner 's long sitting-room with the nervous energy of a man who could not rest . Many times he hesitated , and at others he made sudden movements toward the door , only to halt . Long after midnight he went to bed , but not to sleep . He tossed and rolled all night , and at dawn arose , gloomy and irritable . He cursed the Mexican serving-women who showed their displeasure at his authority . And to his amaze and rage not one of his men came to the house .