midnight
I promise to love you always , as I did in the past , and to be Your faithful servant , Pierrette Lorrain . You will love me always , wo n't you ? She had brought a crust of bread from the kitchen , in which she now made a hole for the letter , and fastened it like a weight to her string . At midnight , having opened her window with extreme caution , she lowered the letter with the crust , which made no noise against either the wall of the house or the blinds . Presently she felt the string pulled by Brigaut , who broke it and then crept softly away . When he reached the middle of the square she could see him indistinctly by the starlight ; but he saw her quite clearly in the zone of light thrown by the candle . The two children stood thus for over an hour , Pierrette making him signs to go , he starting , she remaining , he coming back to his post , and Pierrette again signing that he must leave her .