midnight
These restaurants know nothing of food . '' To Herman now he turned for advice and help . It was difficult to find the clerk . He left early , and often came home after midnight in a curious frame of mind , a drunkenness of excitement that was worse than that of liquor . Herman could not help him . But he eyed the old soldier appraisingly . He guessed shrewdly the growing uneasiness behind Adelbert 's brave front .