midnight
You must be there with De Croix . '' `` De Croix ? '' `` Yes ; I know not if that be his name to you , but I mean the Frenchman whose life you saved . Will you take him thither at midnight , together with the rifle I left in the council lodge ? '' For a moment she did not answer . Doubtless it was a bitter struggle for her thus to agree even to meet the man again . At last she made reply , although I could plainly mark the faltering of her voice .