midnight
You must save Ralph Colleton ; ask me not how -- talk not of difficulties . You must save him -- you must -- you must ! '' `` Why , you forget , Lucy , my dear child -- you forget that I too am in danger . This is midnight : it is only at this hour that I can steal into the village ; and how , and in what manner , shall I be able to do as you require ? '' `` Oh , man ! -- man ! -- forgive me , dear uncle , I would not vex you !