midnight
` Perhaps it will be better , ' he returned slowly . ` Yes , you may go , but do not stay long with her . I may want to speak to you again . ' ` Not to-night , ' I remonstrated ; for I could see he was oblivious of the time , and it was near midnight . ` To-morrow morning , as early as you like ; but I can not come down again . ' ` Oh , I see , ' the meaning of my words dawning upon him . ` To-morrow morning , then .