midnight
And if it should ever occur that ... but no , I will not think of that . Marriage is a sacred tie , too , and under proper conditions God blesses and hallows it . '' With that she left me in the darkness . The church bell was ringing , the monks of the Passionist monastery were getting up for their midnight offices . A week later I was living with my father in the Hotel Europa on the edge of the Piazza di Spagna . He was kinder to me than he had ever been before , but he did not tell me what the plans were which he had formed for my future , and I was left to discover them for myself . Our apartment was constantly visited by ecclesiastics -- Monsignori , Archbishops , even one of the Cardinals of the Propaganda , brought there by Bishop Walsh -LRB- the Bishop of our own diocese -RRB- , and I could not help but hear portions of their conversation .