about midnight
And -- only God knew where it might be this night . Out of her body , perhaps -- the one way of escape from Raoul 's hatred , if he had come to know the truth . Of course the enquiry at the hotel was not for Ivor Dundas , but for the name he had adopted there ; yet when my servant came back to me he had nothing to tell which was consoling -- rather the other way . The gentleman had gone out about midnight -LRB- I knew that already -RRB- , and had n't returned since . Henri had been to the Bureau to ask , and it had struck him , he admitted to me on being catechised , that his questions had been answered with a certain reserve , as if more were known of the absent gentleman 's movements than it was considered wise to tell . My servant had not been long away , though it seemed long to me , and he had delayed only to buy all the evening papers , which he `` thought that Mademoiselle would like to see , as they were sure to be filled with praise of her great acting . '' It was on my tongue to scold him for stopping even one moment , when he had been told to hurry , but he looked so pleased at his own cleverness that I had n't the heart to dash his happiness .