midnight
The debt to Echford Flagg had not been canceled . Could the daughter of Alfred Kennard repay in some degree for the sake of the father ? That sense of duty surmounted all qualms involved in the betrayal of an employer , if it could be called betrayal , considering the ethics that had been adopted and preached by Mern . It was midnight when she reached her firm decision . She would go to the north country . She would do her best , single-handed , as opportunity might present itself . She would fight without allowing her grandfather to know her identity .