midnight
The Countess you visited in Surrey is a cousin of Hume 's , I think , and the old nurse and her husband live there . Hume was having Mother Susan nurse him when you met , I expect . Hope you two may see each other some day in the United States and laugh over that impression of yours , Miss Davis , '' Captain Castaigne concluded , as he walked over to his wife 's side . At midnight Captain Castaigne and Eugenia went back to the chateau , walking hand-in-hand like children through the woods . There was no fighting these days in this particular portion of southern France and in the peace of the night one could almost forget that the world was at war . `` You will miss your friends when they return to their own country , Eugenia , '' Captain Castaigne suggested . Eugenia nodded .