midnight
Motor drives in the middle of the night are an unusual form of amusement , and it was impossible to suppose that Conroy could have any business requiring immediate personal attention in the neighbourhood of Castle Affey . But his talk during the evening had left its impression on other minds as well as mine . We bid each other good night without expressing any astonishment at Conroy 's conduct . Cahoon refrained from saying that inexplicable midnight expeditions were not the kind of things they cared for in Belfast . Even he recognized that a man who had accumulated as large a fortune as Conroy 's must not be judged by ordinary standards . I , unfortunately , failed to go to sleep . I tried to read the works of Alexander Pope , of which I found a well-bound copy in my bedroom .