midnight
`` Patrick O'Shaughnessy , '' said Esmeralda in an awful voice , `` you shall pay for this evening 's work ! '' and at that , audacity triumphed , and Pat retorted sharply -- `` But not with the racket , me dear , for ye did howl after all . We heard you right up in the schoolroom . You 're not the hero you thought yourself , to mistake an innocent gentleman for a midnight assassin . '' `` Pat , be quiet ! '' interrupted Bridgie sharply , then turned to the stranger with that winsome smile which was her greatest charm . `` You 've been a schoolboy yourself , and know the ways of them .