midnight
cried Nell , as if she could not believe that there could be such people upon the earth . `` How ill-bred ! Thine ear , loved one . My Nell revisits the world again at midnight . The rendezvous -- St. James 's Park . '' Hart brushed close enough to the group , in his biting curiosity , to catch her half-whisper to Portsmouth . He at once sought a window and fresh air , chafing with surprise and indignation at what he had overheard .