an hour after midnight
`` Forgive me if I have hurt you . '' Of course , Beverly sobbed a little in the effort to convince them that she did not care whom they accused , if he proved to be the right man in the end . They left her alone on the balcony . For an hour after midnight she sat there and dreamed . Everyone was ready to turn against Baldos . Even she had been harsh toward him , for had she not seen him relegated to the most obnoxious of duties after promising him a far different life ? And now what was he thinking of her ?