midnight
Again and again Molly Mackinder 's face came before him , but he resolutely shut it out of his thoughts . He felt that he had no right to think of her until he had `` done the right thing '' by Jopp and by La Touche . Yet the look in her face as the curtain came down , it was not that of one indifferent to him or to what he did . He neared the town half-way between midnight and morning . Almost unconsciously avoiding the main streets , he rode a roundabout way toward the little house where Constantine Jopp lived . He could hear loud noises in the streets , singing , and hoarse shouts . Then silence came , then shouts , and silence again .