midnight
The consequence was that on the day of signing the contract everybody said I looked charming and quite the right thing . This morning , at the Mairie , it was an informal business , and only the witnesses were present . I am writing this tail to my letter while they are putting out my dress for dinner . We shall be married at midnight at the Church of Sainte-Valere , after a very gay evening . I confess that my fears give me a martyr-like and modest air to which I have no right , but which will be admired -- why , I can not conceive . I am delighted to see that poor Felipe is every whit as timorous as I am ; society grates on him , he is like a bat in a glass shop . `` Thank Heaven , the day wo n't last for ever ! ''