midnight
I said I would be a brother to her , and I shall keep my promise . You three can not think of any better scheme to save Demetria than this one you have told me , but it is after all a very poor scheme , full of difficulty and danger to her . My plan is a simpler and safer one . Tell her to come out to-night at midnight , after the moon has set , to meet me under the trees behind the house . I shall be there waiting with a horse for her , and will take her away to some safe place of concealment where Don Hilario will never find her . When she is once out of his power it will be time enough to think of some way to turn him out of the _ estancia _ and to arrange matters . See that she does not fail to meet me , and let her take a few clothes and some money , if she has any ; also her jewels , for it would not be safe to leave them in the house with Don Hilario . ''