It was well after one in the morning before every member of the Jordan family was finally settled in bed. Sarah kept late hours preparing for the next day. Hermione could relate. She was often the last one to bed in her own home and the first one up. After she heard the door to the master bedroom down the corridor shut, she listened for the sounds of the lady of the house settling in to bed. Once she was convinced that everyone was in for the night, she waited almost half an hour before sneaking out the back door in the kitchen.