midnight
There was always the vague expectation of seeing and hearing Denasia , and he scarcely knew whether his disappointment was a pleasure or an annoyance . At the end of the third week he ventured to the Second Avenue house . The room they had occupied was dark . He watched it until midnight . If Denasia had been singing anywhere , she would certainly have returned to her child before that hour . The next night he sent a messenger to inquire for her address , and the boy said , `` It was not known . Mrs. Tresham had left two weeks before .