midnight
You will give her that ? '' `` I have kept it for her , '' I said quietly ; and the adieus were over . Lenox again , and bluebirds darting to and fro among the maples . I had reached the hotel at midnight . Our train was late , detained on the road , and though my thoughts drove instantly to the Sloman cottage , I allowed the tardier coach-horses to set me down at the hotel . I had not telegraphed from New York . I would give her no chance to withhold herself from me , or to avoid me by running away .