midnight
I met and spoke to him on the street , just beyond the Blue Bell Inn . '' `` What had he to say to you ? '' `` Very little . He told me to tell my lady to meet him precisely at midnight , on the stone terrace . Before midnight the murder was done . What became of him , why he did not keep his appointment , I do not know . He left the inn very late , paid his score , and has never been seen or heard of since .