midnight
I went out of the house and took a long walk , as far as the Piazza , where my restlessness declined to quit me . I was unable to sit down -LRB- it was very late now but there were people still at the little tables in front of the cafes -RRB- ; I could only walk round and round , and I did so half a dozen times . I was uncomfortable , but it gave me a certain pleasure to have told Miss Tita who I really was . At last I took my way home again , slowly getting all but inextricably lost , as I did whenever I went out in Venice : so that it was considerably past midnight when I reached my door . The sala , upstairs , was as dark as usual and my lamp as I crossed it found nothing satisfactory to show me . I was disappointed , for I had notified Miss Tita that I would come back for a report , and I thought she might have left a light there as a sign . The door of the ladies ' apartment was closed ; which seemed an intimation that my faltering friend had gone to bed , tired of waiting for me .