midnight
It was all so vivid to her ! Then a sudden impulse seized her . She would like so much to show it to Clarence , to talk to him , and feel his sympathy . He never retired much before midnight , and it was scarcely ten minutes ' walk . She would get back before her father returned , and no one would know . Seizing her hat , she went quietly out . It was a freak , but then Beth had freaks now and then .