midnight
The slight episode was the fitting period to Gerard 's argument ; he gave Mr. Rose his fine , cool smile to point it . * * * * * Frederick the Great did not go home to the pink villa . Not even Flavia could win him from the master he had refound . So it happened that when Gerard went to Corrie , after midnight , he discovered his driver seated beside an open window in the drab , cheerless hotel bedroom , his arms folded on the sill and the dog 's head resting on his knee . `` Corrie , do you know it is past twelve o'clock ? '' he exclaimed , purposely authoritative in spite of his aching pity . `` I saw the light over your door and came in to give you what Rupert describes as a calling down .