midnight
Perfect silence under the steps , except two loudly-beating hearts and a little quick breathing . Leslie ventured a look around the corner of the stoop -- saw the driver get down and open the door , and the one man and two women alight and go up the steps . For the rest , they were obliged to depend upon the ears . One of the women spoke : `` It will come to-morrow at midnight ? '' Harding could feel that Leslie shuddered , and could distinguish his sharp whisper to himself : `` The red woman 's voice ! I knew I could not be mistaken ! '' Then the voice of the man said : `` Wait a moment ! ''