midnight
But once in the old bed Steve did not find fair memories crowding about as he had anticipated . Even the echoing sweet songs lost their melody . Indeed he could think of nothing but the fact that Nancy and Raymond Colton sat together on the front porch , left there by her parents as though he had special rights . A midnight thunder-storm caught up his perturbed thought with noisy energy . `` But why not ! '' he exclaimed sadly for the hundredth time to his rebellious heart . `` You certainly have no claim . ''