midnight
`` Do n't contradict her , Buxton , '' said Mr. Campbell . `` You have no imagination to comprehend the supernatural , anyhow . '' `` It would be supernatural for two women to count alike , '' answered the incorrigible bachelor , who would have the last word . Gradually the storm spent its fury , and by midnight they were able to return to the little villa . Except for a few scratches and bruises , the only important result of the Storm King 's visit was Nancy 's determination to write a letter to Mme. Fontaine . The most unhappy person in the whole of fair Japan was Miss Nancy Brown one lovely morning in July . At least she thought she was ; which is very near to being the same thing .