midnight
In the morning , I said , I would drive him to the station . He yielded with difficulty -- but with how little suspicion that all the time I wished him gone ! I went to bed only to lie listening for my uncle 's return . It was long past midnight ere he came . In the morning I sent Penny to order the phaeton , and then ran to my uncle 's room , in the hope he would want to see John before he left : I was not sure he had realized that he was going . He was neither in his bed-room nor in the study . I went to the stable .