midnight
`` If my considerate sister really thinks so , had n't she better try and help herself a little ? '' retorted Hugh in a blaze of anger . ` Lina began to cry , and Hugh , repenting of his harsh speech as soon as it was uttered , but far too proud to take it back , strode up and down the room , chafing like a young lion . `` Come children , it 's after midnight , let us adjourn until to-morrow , '' Mrs. Worthington said , by way of ending the painful interview , at the same time handing a candle to Hugh , who took it silently and withdrew , banging the door behind him with a force which made ` Lina start and burst into a fresh flood of tears . `` I 'm a brute , a savage , and want to kick myself , '' was Hugh 's not very self-complimentary soliloquy , as he went up the stairs . `` What did I want to twit Ad for ? Confound my badness ! ''