ten o'clock in the evening
I could not feel it was right for us to let Anina do so daring a thing , and Mercer agreed with me heartily . But Anina insisted , with a fire in her eyes and flushed cheeks that contrasted strangely with her usually gentle demeanor . In the end Mercer and I gave in , for we could think of no better plan , and Miela was confident Anina would not be harmed . It was about what would correspond with ten o'clock in the evening on earth when the girls began to arrive . We waited until all fifty of them had come in . Miela named a place on the shore of the sea known to them all . They were to take the platform -- starting in about two hours , when the city would be quiet -- and there they would wait for us to join them in the boat .