midnight before
AND I MEAN TO SUCCEED , IF HUMAN WILL CAN DO IT . He threw himself on the creaking wooden bed and tried to sleep . But his brain was active , and the street was noisy ; people talked late in the adjoining room , and trod heavily in the one above . It was long after midnight before the house was still and he fell into an uneasy sleep . Towards morning , he had a strange dream , from which he wakened in a cold sweat . Once more he was wandering through the streets , as he had done the previous day , apparently in search of something he could not find . But he did not know himself what he sought .