midnight
We were there alone . As far as I knew , no eye was watching us , and naturally my passions would be roused by the cowardly blow he struck me ; but I did nothing . I , so it was said , uttered a threat that I would be equal with him for this blow which he had struck , and then went away . Then , the learned counsel has urged , after I had walked nearly two miles back to my own home , after I had dressed for dinner , I waited until midnight , and then , with cool calculation , went out to kill this man . Can anyone in his senses believe such a thing ? Besides , think of another thing . I was in a position to laugh at Wilson 's enmity .