Midnight
If it were any case but that one ! A present from my wife . '' He drew from its pocket a gold repeater upon which his initials were traced in brilliants . `` Midnight . Listen ! '' He pressed a spring , and the exquisite chimes of the watch spoke in the stillness like the bells of a fairy church . `` And this , '' he said , `` was a present from my mother , who is dead . ''