midnight
She took my hand coolly enough and stepped down into the passage . Then I broke upon her stormily . `` You do n't seem to understand the gravity of what you are doing ! Do n't you know that you are risking your life in crawling through this house at midnight ? -- that even to serve Arthur Pickering , a life is a pretty big thing to throw away ? Your infatuation for that blackguard seems to carry you far , Miss Devereux . '' She swung the lantern at arm 's length back and forth so that its rays at every forward motion struck my face like a blow .