midnight
`` Quite correct . '' `` Is what you know about Mr. Delamayn connected with any thing that you know about Miss Silvester ? '' If Arnold had felt himself at liberty to answer that question , Sir Patrick 's suspicions would have been aroused , and Sir Patrick 's resolution would have forced a full disclosure from him before he left the house . It was getting on to midnight . The first hour of the wedding-day was at hand , as the Truth made its final effort to struggle into light . The dark Phantoms of Trouble and Terror to come were waiting near them both at that moment . Arnold hesitated again -- hesitated painfully .