midnight
What an unpleasant surprise for his parents ! What opportunity in Amy Leffingwell 's holiday vacation at Fort Lodge to reinforce the written page by the spoken word ! Still forgetful of his engagement with Randolph , he continued to walk the streets . He turned in at midnight , hoping he might sleep , and trusting that morning would throw a less sinister light on his misadventure . Long before this , Joseph Foster had been put to bed , by Sing-Lo , in this spare room . It was Foster 's crutch , rather than a knightly sword , which leaned against the door-jamb ; and it was Foster 's crooked members , rather than the straight young limbs of Cope , which first found place among the sheets and blankets of that shining new brass bedstead . Cope awakened at seven .