midnight
Was it a glance of gloomy compassion and deep tenderness which Mortimer threw toward her ? I thought I heard him sigh . `` I locked the door , and we descended to the library . '' `` As we entered the apartment , the clock on the mantel-piece struck midnight . `` My body servant was within call , and I ordered my carriage , which Nighthawk had been directed to have ready at a moment 's warning . `` In five minutes it was at the door , and I had just taken the two foils under my arm , when I heard a step in the passage . A moment afterward , Nighthawk entered .