midnight
My -- adored -- _ saint _ ! '' `` Yes , I must . What you ask is impossible . '' Long after midnight Chester had not returned to his room . He could not tolerate the confinement even of the narrow streets round about it . Far out Esplanade Avenue , uncompanioned , he was walking mile after mile beside a belt line of trolley-cars , or more than one , while at home , in Bourbon Street , Cupid slept . But now the child awoke , startled .