midnight
Yet there was an undertone of conviction in Mrs. Brown 's manner of speaking that grieved Ann Holland sorely . She accompanied her departing guest to the door , and long after she was out of sight stood looking vacantly down the darkened street . There was little light or sound there now , except in the Upton Arms , where the windows glistened brightly , and the merry tinkling of a violin sounded through the open door . Her brother was there , she knew , and would not be home before midnight . He had been less manageable since Mr. Chantrey went away . She could not bear to think of Mrs. Chantrey falling into the same sin . The delicate , pretty , refined young lady degrading herself to the level of the poor drunken wretch she called her brother !