midnight
With this he ran up the stairway , and entered the Philippine . `` Mademoiselle , '' I asked , `` can you guess what this means ? '' `` No , monsieur . All that I know is that it is the Queen 's command , and that we are to be there by midnight . '' `` It will be that soon , so come . '' She put her arm in mine , and we hastened along the edge of the battlements . We could hear music now ; and as we went on the strains grew louder and louder , and at last we stood on the parapet overlooking the Ladies ' Terrace .