midnight
`` Will Monsieur carve ? '' At her nod the old woman filled my glass , after my hostess had tasted of her own . We had seated ourselves at the table as she spoke . `` Not so bad for a black midnight , eh ? '' she went on , '' -- in a strange town -- and on a strange errand ? And again let me express my approbation of your conduct . '' `` If it pleases you , 't is more than I can say of it for myself , '' I began .