nearly midnight
Give him my profound regrets . We have tarried too long . '' Madam Blennerhassett never forgot this _ tête-à-tête _ with Burr ; but an inexplicable qualm kept her from mentioning it to her belated lord on his return from Farmers ' Castle . It was nearly midnight when the two visitors reluctantly took leave of the ladies and stepped out into the diffused light of the May moon . `` Pretty late , '' called out Burke Pierce familiarly from the stern of the boat where he stood , ready to resume his piloting . No tattling breeze carried to the ears of the ladies the comments spoken by Burr as he stood in the moonlight on the roof of the vessel , beside Arlington . `` Exceedingly fine women , are they not ? ''