midnight
I could not say that it was all nonsense , because I did not know . Some twenty years ago , a strange thing happened . I occupied the same residence as to-day . It was near midnight , and snowing fiercely . I was looking over some documents , when the footman came in and announced the presence of a strange woman in the hall , who demanded to see me . The woman was young and handsome , and in her arms she carried a child . Would I , for humanity 's sake , give a roof to the child till the morrow ?