about midnight
Our poor Ethel may live to bless the day when she was delivered from him . '' `` I am afraid she will never believe us , or forgive us if she does , '' sighed Lesley . `` But what else happened ? '' `` Your father left the building , after a long and angry conversation , about midnight . Oliver remained behind . Of course your father knows nothing more . But Mrs. Trent says that Oliver went away ten minutes later , and that she then heard loud words and the sound of a struggle upon the stairs .