midnight
He is the ghost who frightened Margery and Agnes Darling ; he is the man you saw with Kate last in the grounds . He clings to her as he clings to no one else . The only comfort left him in this lower world are these nightly walks with her . She is the bravest , the best , the noblest of girls ; she leaves her warm room , her bed , for those cold midnight walks with that unhappy and suffering man . '' Once again a pause . Reginald Stanford looked at Captain Danton 's pale , agitated face . `` You have told me a terrible story , '' he said .