midnight before
Soon the grand chorus began , and Madelon sang and sang , with all her old fervor . The brothers kept glancing at her , half uneasily , but David wooed his viol as if it were his one love in the world , and paid no attention to aught besides . The concert lasted late that night . It was midnight before they stopped singing and put their stringed instruments away . Then Madelon turned to them all . `` I am not going to be married to-morrow , '' she said , and her face flushed red . `` I had better tell you .