midnight
`` Not at all ! Men fail , but man succeeds . I do n't know what it all means , or any part of it ; but I have had moods in which it seemed as if the whole , secret of the mystery were about to flash upon me . Walking along in the full sun , in the midst of men , or sometimes in the solitude of midnight , poring over a book , and thinking of quite other things , I have felt that I had almost surprised it . '' `` But never quite ? '' `` Oh , it is n't too late yet . '' `` I hope you wo n't have your revelation before I get away from Florence , or I shall see them burning you here like the great _ frate _ . ''