midnight before
If he had let the poor people lose the money they had invested rather than give up all he had himself , she , Jane , could have remained at the fashionable seminary and Dan would have been well and strong . Indeed everything would have been far better . But the small voice in the girl 's soul which now and then succeeded in making itself heard caused Jane to acknowledge : `` Of course Dad is so conscientious , he would never have been happy if he believed that his money really belonged to the poor people who had trusted him . '' It was midnight before Jane fell asleep , and it seemed almost no time at all before she heard a tapping on her door . She sat up and looked out of the window . Although the sky was lightening , the stars were still shining with a wonderful brilliancy in the bit of sky that she could see . Then a voice , which she recognized as that of Mr. Packard , spoke .