midnight
You remember that I wrote to Arthur upon that last day . Well , James opened the letter and inserted a note asking Arthur to meet him in a little wood called the Ragged Shaw , which is near to the school . He used the Duchess 's name , and in that way got the boy to come . That evening James bicycled over -- I am telling you what he has himself confessed to me -- and he told Arthur , whom he met in the wood , that his mother longed to see him , that she was awaiting him on the moor , and that if he would come back into the wood at midnight he would find a man with a horse , who would take him to her . Poor Arthur fell into the trap . He came to the appointment and found this fellow Hayes with a led pony . Arthur mounted , and they set off together .