midnight
The indictment he drew against Marian contained many `` counts . '' He could not discuss the matter with his wife ; he carefully kept from her the newspaper story of the smash-up . The hotel to which the Willings had retired for repairs was mentioned , and Bassett resolved to go to Chicago and bring Marian home . The best available train passed Waupegan Station at midnight , and he sat alone on his veranda that evening with anger against Marian still hot in his heart . He had yet to apprise Mrs. Bassett of his intended journey , delaying the moment as long as possible to minimize her inevitable querulous moanings . Blackford was in his room studying , and Bassett had grimly paced the veranda for half an hour when the nurse came down with a request that he desist from his promenade , as it annoyed Mrs. Bassett in her chamber above . He thereupon subsided and retired to the darkest corner of the veranda .