About two o'clock in the morning
They sat abstracted and silent at table , and , on rising , went each their own way . In the exalted state of their imaginations the enterprise they had in hand would not bear talking over . When she retired to bed Miss Ludington found that sleep was out of the question . About two o'clock in the morning she heard Paul leave his room and go downstairs . Putting on dressing-gown and slippers she softly followed him . There was a light in the sitting-room and the door was ajar . Stepping noiselessly to it she looked in .