midnight
He is as vivacious and excitable as a Frenchman , and I fancy there 's a good big dash of French blood in his pedigree , though he 'd be angry if any one suggested such a thing ! He did not know me for a moment , but when I told him who I was he welcomed me effusively . `` Ah , now I remember ; we met in London , when I was there with my poor friend . ` We heard at midnight the clock , ' as our Shakespeare says . And you are going to take his place ? I have not yet the shock recovered of his death ; from it I never shall recover . O judgment , to brutish beasts hast thou fled , and their reason men have lost .