midnight
And so the girl really experienced that night by herself one of the feelings that added to the momentum that was increasing the coming on of her great crisis . The play was an English melodrama , full of startling situations , realistic scenery and unexpected climaxes . There was one scene in the third act that impressed even Rose Sterling . It was midnight on Blackfriars Bridge . The Thames flowed dark and forbidden below . St. Paul 's rose through the dim light imposing , its dome seeming to float above the buildings surrounding it . The figure of a child came upon the bridge and stood there for a moment peering about as if looking for some one .