midnight
I ` se too ole now to git de rest . Ef you git free , dat is all I want . '' They went quietly out together . It was not long after midnight . The brown mare stood ready saddled in the shadow , and Cassie stood beside her with a small bag , holding a change of linen and some cooked food . The young man mounted quickly , grasped the kind hands held out to him , and then rode away into the darkness . He went softly at first , but when he reached the end of the avenue at a speed which indicated his terror and his mental suffering .