midnight
My handsome face and black eyes and smooth tongue stand me in their usual good stead . And I saved Sir Everard Kingsland 's life ! Poor fools ! A thousand times better for you all if I had let that midnight assassin shoot him down like a dog ! '' It was fully ten o'clock , and the hunting-party were ready to start , when Sir Everard Kingsland joined them , looking handsome and happy as a young prince in his very becoming hunting costume . Of course the young baronet 's first look was for Lady Louise -- he scarcely glanced at the rest . She was just being assisted into the saddle by the devoted George Grosvenor , but she turned to Sir Everard and graciously held out her gauntleted hand .