midnight
Simply because her courage failed . Once , twice , the opening words were upon her lips , but come forth they did not ; and then the carriage stopped at East Lynne , and the opportunity was over . Oh ! How many a time in her after years did Lady Isabel recall that midnight drive with her husband , and wish , in her vain repentance , that she had opened his eyes to that dangerous man . On Sunday Captain Levison arrived at East Lynne . The next day rose bright , warm , and cloudless , and the morning sun streamed into the bedroom of Mrs. Hare . Mr. and Mrs. Hare were of the old-fashioned class who knew nothing about dressing-rooms , their bedrooms were very large , and they never used a dressing-room in their lives , or found the want of one .