midnight
Not out of our library , that 's certain . If I could have ten minutes ' peep into her chamber now , I would find out where she got them , and what mischief she was up to . '' At that instant , as if some tributary demon had heard his wish , a shape which could be none but Elsie 's flitted through a gleam of moonlight into the shadow of the trees . She was setting out on one of her midnight rambles . Dick felt his heart stir in its place , and presently his cheeks flushed with the old longing for an adventure . It was not much to invade a young girl 's deserted chamber , but it would amuse a wakeful hour , and tell him some little matters he wanted to know . The chamber he slept in was over the room which Elsie chiefly occupied at this season .