ten o'clock of night
Receiving no response , he continues , in the same sneering style : `` Yes , an old friend , I say it ; one you should well remember , though it 's some time since we met , and a good way from here . To assist your recollection , let me recall an incident occurring at our last interview . Perhaps ` twill be enough to name the place and time ? Wall , it was under a magnolia , in the State of Mississippi ; time ten o'clock of night , moonlight , if I rightly remember , as now . It matters not the day of the month being different , or any other trivial circumstance , so long as the serious ones are so . And they are , thank God for it ! Beneath the magnolia I knelt at your feet , under this tree , which is a live-oak , you lie at mine . ''