midnight
The note was from the doctor to his wife , and it did not tend to allay their anxiety . `` Keep within the house , '' it said ; `` there are difficulties in the city . In an hour or two I will be at home . '' But it was near midnight when he arrived , and Antonia saw that he was a different man . He looked younger . His blue eyes shone with the light behind them . On his face there was the impress of an invincible determination .