midnight
Irene flushed scarlet . `` No , indeed . I was too busy with my own sad affairs to act the part of a female Paul Pry , even involuntarily . But I did see you go to your tent , and I caught a glimpse of you at midnight when you were lighting your lamp . It is not yet six , so I am guessing things . '' `` If I were to return the compliment -- '' `` You would say that I , too , was not a heavy sleeper . Well , I make no secret of a perturbed night .