nearly midnight
Oh , this is wonderful , Carroll ! I 'll get a taxi , and we 'll go to her at once . '' `` I would n't , '' said the girl . `` It 'll be nearly midnight by the time we can get there , and if it is bad news -- which it is n't -- there 's nothing she can do to-night , and if it is good -- and I am sure it is , for us at least -- it can wait until morning . Whichever it is , she needs a night 's sleep before she faces any new complication . '' She took the envelope and looked at it again , and then at Frank Earl . With a little laugh she clutched it to her bosom , and holding out the other hand to him , she said , `` Now , I 'm ready to go to the kitchen and cook anything there is to be found in this section of New York ! ''