midnight
They are divided by the game-park . We are only visitors there , kindly invited , kindly received , but visitors still , and we can never repay the compliment . Therefore I consider we should always think twice before we accept the invitation . It was past midnight when we finally arrived at Siegfried 's shooting-box , a beautiful pavilion in the Swiss style , with a large verandah to the east , facing the magnificent château . Between the two buildings extended a clear , broad lake , with silvery willows on the nearer side , and grand old lime-trees on the side toward the mansion . Graceful white and black swans swam on the lake , and two tiny little wherries lay ready for a boating excursion . The south side of the shooting-box had `` altdeutsch '' windows of coloured glass , and wooden shutters with heart-shaped perforations on the outside .