midnight
Tell me , love , for you 've never named it before , and I ca n't make it out . '' `` Oh ! it was that horrible night which is like a dream . '' And she told him of Esther 's midnight visit , concluding with , `` We must go and see her before we leave , though I do n't rightly know where to find her . '' `` Dearest Mary , -- '' `` What , Jem ? '' exclaimed she , alarmed by his hesitation . `` Your poor aunt Esther has no home : -- she 's one of them miserable creatures that walk the streets . ''