midnight
That she _ had _ grown a little sear , he felt somewhat keenly of late . She had a dreary , draggled look at breakfast , after the children had cried at night , -- and the nights when Mrs. Sharpe 's children did not cry were like angels ' visits . It was perhaps the more noticeable , because Miss Dallas had a peculiar color and coolness and sparkle in the morning , like that of opening flowers . _ She _ had not been up till midnight with a sick baby . Harrie was apt to be too busy in the kitchen to run and meet him when he came home at dusk . Or , if she came , it was with her sleeves rolled up and an apron on . Miss Dallas sat at the window ; the lace curtain waved about her ; she nodded and smiled as he walked up the path .