midnight
All the girlishness , and indeed a certain honest boyishness of her nature , seemed to have come out in her glowing , freckled cheek , brilliant , audacious eyes , and the quick stride which brought her to Ah Fe 's side . `` Now let 's go , '' she said , `` out the back way and down the side streets . '' She paused , cast a glance through the drawing-room at the contemplative figure of the sheriff 's deputy on the veranda , and then passed out of the house forever . ***** The excitement over the failure of Montagu Trixit 's bank did not burn itself out until midnight . By that time , however , it was pretty well known that the amount of the defalcations had been exaggerated ; that it had been preceded by the suspension of the `` Excelsior Bank '' of San Francisco , of which Trixit was also a managing director , occasioned by the discovery of the withdrawal of securities for use in the branch bank at Canada City ; that he had fled the State eastward across the Sierras ; yet that , owing to the vigilance of the police on the frontier , he had failed to escape and was in hiding . But there were adverse reports of a more sinister nature . It was said that others were implicated ; that they dared not bring him to justice ; it was pointed out that there was more concern among many who were not openly connected with the bank than among its unfortunate depositors .