midnight
I will talk no more nonsense to-night , although I often find nonsense a sort of life preserver that keeps me from sinking . I admit , mamma , that I have been unjust to Mr. Atwood . He 's far more clever than I ever imagined him to be , but he 's so different '' -- she finished the sentence with a little repellent gesture that her mother well understood . They were all comforted , and far more hopeful from their frank interchange of thought and feeling , and both father and mother breathed a fervent `` God bless you , Millie , '' as they separated , long past midnight . `` God will bless us , '' said the young girl , `` if we will just simply try to do what is right and best every day . The blessing will come on doing , not waiting . '' She had not been in her room very long before hearing the crunching of gravel under the wheels of Roger 's buggy .