midnight
They were dark ; but the windows of Felicity 's room , immediately below , now shone with a saffron glow behind their curtains . He regarded them only to reflect how he hated the woman they concealed from his view , and then wondered whether Lena were asleep . He took out his watch and held it up to the moon . As he did so , he saw that the hands pointed at midnight , and simultaneously the bell from the First Church began to ring the hour . If Lena were still awake , she might possibly be lingering in the kitchen , perhaps with some new lover . She had a right to do so , but the very thought filled him with a fury of jealousy . It would be an easy matter , he reflected , to tiptoe down the driveway behind the trees , to gain the shadow of the house , and to peep into one of the kitchen windows .