About midnight
Helen never was strong on Latin . She translated ' _ E pluribus unum _ ' as ` One too many ' when she was young ! '' The boys got up to leave , and the doctor 's raillery was checked , but Hannah pondered over it as she went up to bed . About midnight she heard him closing the doors for the night , and , slipping her bright kimono over her night-dress , she stole out into the hall and half-way down stairs . `` Dr. Harlow , '' she called softly , and the doctor looked up to see her leaning over the banister , her curly brown braids falling forward . `` I know now why you laughed , '' she said . `` It should be _ sortibus _ .