midnight
He saw the light burning from his windows as he looked up from below . He was regretful and angry . At Terrapin 's room he drank much raw brandy and sang a song . He even called the astute Terrapin a humbug , and toward midnight grew quarrelsome . They escorted him to his hotel door ; the light was still burning in his room . He was sober and repentant when he had ascended the long stairs , though he counterfeited profound drunkenness when he stood before her . She had been weeping , and in her white night-habit , with her dark hair falling loosely upon her shoulders , she was very lovely .