midnight
He supposes that to redeem his name he has only got to lacker it . Do n't think me merely the fond father when I add my hope that I shall use you to advantage here . I mean to talk to him to-morrow , as we return to London , of you and of your ambition ; you shall hear the result . At this moment -LRB- it is past midnight -RRB- I hear his step in the room above me . The window-sash aloft opens , for the third time . Would to Heaven he could read the true astrology of the stars ! There they are , -- bright , luminous , benignant .