midnight
`` Bah ! whichever one it is , '' he muttered , `` we can easily get the other , once those abominable papers are in our hands . And even if both the aristos escape , '' he added mentally , '' 't is no matter , once we have the papers . '' Anon , far away a distant church bell struck the midnight hour . The stillness of the air had become oppressive . A kind of torpor born of intense fatigue lulled the Terrorist 's senses to somnolence . His head fell forward on his breast ...