midnight
She was in her room , was face down upon her bed , sobbing as if her first illusion had fallen , had dashed to pieces , crushing her heart under it . Arkwright saw no one but his valet-masseur for several days ; on the left side of his throat the marks of Craig 's fingers showed even above the tallest of his extremely tall collars . From the newspapers he gathered that Margaret had gone to New York on a shopping trip -- had gone for a stay of two or three weeks . When the adventure in the garden was more than a week into the past , as he was coming home from a dinner toward midnight he jumped from his electric brougham into Craig 's arms . `` At last ! '' exclaimed Josh , leading the way up the Arkwright steps and ringing the bell . Grant muttered a curse under his breath .