twelve
o'clock at night
-- or say , common suckling 's instinct ? Not to men , thought Rosamund . She was listening to the voices of Mr. Romfrey and Beauchamp in a fever . Ordinarily the lord of Steynham was not out of his bed later than twelve o'clock at night . His door opened at half-past one . Not a syllable was exchanged by the couple in the hall . They had fought it out .