midnight
Bless you , doubly bless you both . '' I saw my son fall upon his mother 's neck , and it afforded me a consolation . With great difficulty I got out of the house , and I heard Agnes sobbing when I was a hundred yards distant . I still also heard the roll of the drum rolling and rattling through the stillness of midnight , and , on arriving at the cross , I found a number of the volunteers and a multitude of the townspeople assembled . No one could tell _ where _ the French had landed , but all knew that they _ had _ landed . That , I assure ye , was a never-to-be-forgotten night . Every person naturally looked anxious , but I believe I may safely say , that there was not one face in a hundred that was pale with fear , or that exhibited a trace of cowardice or terror upon it .