midnight
They had a long talk that evening about her hope of making her school what Roger visaged confusedly as a kind of mammoth home , the center of a neighborhood , of one prodigious family . At times when the clock on the mantle struck the hour loud and clear , there would fall a sudden silence , as both thought of what was to happen at dawn . But quickly Roger would question again and Deborah would talk steadily on . It was after midnight when she stopped . `` You 've been good to me to-night , dearie , '' she said . `` Let 's go to bed now , shall we ? '' `` Very well , '' he answered .