midnight
And now I have and he will , and I forgot and you made me ! I hate you , I hate you ! And wo n't you feel bad when I 'm all deaded and you you done it , ` stead of him -- and -- and -- '' The sense of security had fled instantly , and completely . The memory of Antonio 's dark face as he had stood threateningly before the little fellow , at midnight by the window , returned with all its vivid , terrorizing power . Springing to the farthest reach of the room Ned crouched there , wide-eyed and trembling , and , of course , Luis followed his example . To `` Forty-niner 's '' reassuring words , and to Mrs. Benton 's cajoling ones , neither child paid any further heed . They had been trained to believe that their promised word was the most sacred of all things , and now they had not only been induced to break that , but to break it in the face of Antonio Bernal 's terrible threat .