midnight
Did he ever ask you to marry him ? '' `` No , not in so many words . '' `` Did he ever give you any plain indication that he wanted to marry you ? Did he ever play the mandolin under your window at midnight ? Did he ever steal one of your gloves , or beg for a rose out of your bouquet , or turn the gas out when he called ? '' `` No , but one night he sat on the sofa with me and told me that I was a great assistance to him in his parish work , and that he felt greatly indebted to me . '' `` Hm !