midnight
The Lady Eveline was now so far recovered that she could sit up , and was trying to speak , though but faintly . `` Rose , '' she said at length , `` I have seen her -- my doom is sealed . '' Rose immediately recollected the imprudence of suffering Gillian to hear what her mistress might say at such an awful moment , and hastily adopting the proposal she had before declined , desired her to go and call other two maidens of their mistress 's household . `` And where am I to find them in this house , '' said Dame Gillian , `` where strange men run about one chamber at midnight , and devils , for aught I know , frequent the rest of the habitation ? '' `` Find them where you can , '' said Rose , sharply ; `` but begone presently . '' Gillian withdrew lingeringly , and muttering at the same time something which could not distinctly be understood . No sooner was she gone , than Rose , giving way to the enthusiastic affection which she felt for her mistress , implored her , in the most tender terms , to open her eyes , -LRB- for she had again closed them , -RRB- and speak to Rose , her own Rose , who was ready , if necessary , to die by her mistress 's side .