midnight
`` He is doing vairee nicely . His leg is better . It 's only his spirit that 's rather drowned , so I thought if he had a joy-ride and we took him home -- '' At least Janet found comfort from the fact that the Painter Boy was the last pauper to be added to the list -- there were n't any rooms or beds for any more ! But the house hummed with their activities , rang with their arguments and theories , echoed with their laughter -- and sighed with their midnight tears . They were so young ! So impatient ! So eager to set the river of life afire !