about
midnight
She said she did not want any breakfast , and she drank a cup of coffee in the kitchen . It fell to Jeff mainly to keep the talk going . He had been out at the barn with Jombateeste since daybreak , looking after the cattle , and the joy of the weather had got into his nerves and spirits . At first he had lain awake after he went to bed , but he had fallen asleep about midnight , and got a good night 's rest . He looked fresh and strong and very handsome . He talked resolutely to every one at the table , but Jombateeste was always preoccupied with eating at his meals , and Frank Whitwell had on a Sunday silence , which was perhaps deepened by a feeling that there was something wrong between his sister and Jeff , and it would be rash to commit himself to an open friendliness until he understood the case . His father met Jeff 's advances with philosophical blandness and evasion , and Mrs. Durgin was provisionally dry and severe both with the Whitwells and her son .