midnight
Who should hope , if not you ? '' In return for this speech I got -- what , it must be supposed , I deserved -- a look of surprise : I thought also of some disapprobation . We parted , and I went into the house very chill . The clocks struck and the bells tolled midnight ; people were leaving fast : the fête was over ; the lamps were fading . In another hour all the dwelling-house , and all the pensionnat , were dark and hushed . I too was in bed , but not asleep . To me it was not easy to sleep after a day of such excitement .