midnight
Anyway , that 's me ! For the last few days I have been itching to scrap with her , and I find she minds me about as much as the man in the moon . Of course , Jennie , it is a disgruntled old brother-in-law who writes this , and you will have to make allowances . Would you believe that last night she went out and remained till after midnight in a sailor 's house , watching a sick child , after I had objected to her doing so , as forcibly as I could ? I had to send the queer female native who looks after us to that shanty to bring her back , and the child returned with swollen eyes and a drawn face that positively hurt me to see . She has derived so much benefit from her stay here , and was looking so splendidly just a few days ago , that I felt angry enough to have whipped her , if a silly old chap like me could ever chastise a daughter like Helen . At any rate I rushed her off to bed , and I know she never went there for a long time .