midnight
He had known how it would be . A very slight expression of feeling appeals irresistibly to a sensitive soul , for they are apt to credit others with like depths . How should the drop fall unless the cup were full to the brim ? So at midnight , in spite of all Basine 's entreaties , David must go to see Lucien . `` Nobody will be out in the streets at this time of night , '' he said ; `` I shall not be seen , and they can not arrest me . Even if I should meet people , I can make use of Kolb 's way of going into hiding . And besides , it is so intolerably long since I saw my wife and child . ''