midnight
Do not be over - confident , and _ never _ trust a woman . Come , let us get home . '' Next morning , when Arthur came down to breakfast , the Bellamys had sailed . The mail had come in from the Cape at midnight , and left again at dawn , taking them with it . The departure of the Bellamys left Arthur in very low spirits . His sensations were similar to those which one can well imagine an ancient Greek might have experienced who , having sent to consult the Delphic oracle , had got for his pains a very unsatisfactory reply , foreshadowing evils but not actually defining them . Lady Bellamy was in some way connected with the idea of an oracle in his mind .