midnight
He is as good as and better than young men average , and he is charming , a man to attract any girl . '' Anderson , when he had finished his cigar and one more , and had gone into the house to read a little before going to bed , quite decided that Charlotte Carroll was to marry young Frank Eastman . He walked remorselessly over the step where his fancy had placed her , and when he glanced at her pretty little nook in the sitting-room , as he passed through with his lamp and his book , it was vacant . Anderson felt a rigid acquiescence , and read his book with interest until after midnight . In the mean time Charlotte , her sister Ina , and young Eastman sauntered slowly along through the shadowy streets of Banbridge . The girls held up their white gowns over their lace petticoats . They wore no hats , and their pretty , soft , dark locks floated like mist around their faces .