midnight
Cablegrams from England , France , Germany and Italy and other regions of the world but repeated the same wonderful observation , the same conclusion : `` They have answered ! We have talked with them ! '' Corbett returned to his home in a semi-delirium . He had the wisdom , though it was midnight , to send to Nelly the brief message , `` Good news , '' to prepare her in a degree for what the morning papers would reveal . He slept but fitfully . And it was at an early hour when he called upon his fiancée and found her awaiting him in the library . She said nothing as he entered , but he had scarcely crossed the threshold when he found his arms full of something very tangible and warm , and pulsing with all love .