midnight
Let the circumstances be what they may , we can not forget the influence that thus haunts our lives . Poor Fifine had not learned life 's lesson wisely . She thought that after the first love came the `` wedding ring , '' and then days , and weeks , and years of highest joy . What did this unsophisticated child know of clubs and bar-rooms and gambling houses , of city lamp-posts , and midnight serenades . What business has any woman knowing it for that matter ? so long as she can render an account of every dollar and hour she spends in the day , what is it to her whether her `` lawful wedded husband '' chooses to watch the stars all night or not . But after all it is time woman learned better sense , it is her privilege to accept or reject this life of uncertainty , and yet , like Fifine , she looks lovingly , admiringly on the pictures bright side only , and fancies `` Life 's enchanted cup sparkling '' all the way down .