midnight
The sweet high voice and the inconsequent childish laugh came upon Rallywood with a slight shock . ` I could hardly have dared to claim so much , ' he said ; ` but I can not forget that Madame de Sagan -- ' She laid her hand with a suspicion of caressing familiarity on his arm . ` Hush , then ! Do you not know that it is inadmissible to mention the name of a masked lady until the clock strikes midnight ? Captain Rallywood has been stationed near the Castle at Kofn Ford ; we have therefore met -- occasionally , ' continued the lady , addressing herself to Mademoiselle Selpdorf . ` Captain Rallywood is luckier than most of us , ' interposed another voice . ` He seems to have an enviable facility for appearing where we others in vain wish to be .