midnight
`` Oh no , she is not a bit ill in that way . Good-night , Lucy ; I felt I ought to tell you . '' Aneta continued her way until she reached Maggie 's room . It was now past midnight . The quiet and regular household had all retired to bed , and Maggie had feverishly begun to prepare for departure . She knew how to let herself out . Once out of the house , she would be , so she felt , through the worst part of her trouble .