midnight
His ship sailed at midnight , and he sailed with it . She had not stood in his way , the little thing . When , indeed , had she ever hindered him ? Towards midnight Mrs. Wilcox and the servants were startled from their sleep by hearing Mrs. Nevill Tyson calling `` Nevill , Nevill ! '' They hurried to her room ; her bed was empty ; the clothes were all rumpled back as if flung off suddenly . They looked into the charred , dismantled drawing-room , she was not there ; but the door of communication , always kept shut at night , was ajar . She must have gone through into the dining-room .