About midnight
* * * * * Kitty was to have gone to a ball . She countermanded her maid 's preparations , and sent the maid to bed . In due time all the servants went to bed , the front door being left on the latch as usual for Ashe 's late return . About midnight a little figure slipped into the child 's nursery . The nurse was fast asleep . Kitty sat beside the child , motionless , for an hour , and when Ashe let himself into the house about two o'clock he heard a little rustle in the hall , and there stood Kitty , waiting for him . `` Kitty , what are you about ? ''