midnight
And , since we are tete-a-tete , let us have a chat . You wo n't be angry with me for writing with a pencil , dear . You see I am very comfortably settled in my big by-by and I do not want to have any ink-stains . The fire sparkles on the hearth , the street is silent ; let us forget that George will not return till midnight , and turn back to the past . I can not recall the first month of that dear past without laughing and weeping at one and the same time . How foolish we were ! How sweet it was !