midnight
But let me speak to her once now , let me kneel for just one moment at her feet , and -- '' `` Tut , tut ! '' said the priest . `` How many acts of a love drama do you think an old bookworm like me capable of witnessing ? Besides , what kind of figures do we cut , spying upon the mysteries of midnight millinery ! Go to meet your wife to-morrow , as she ordered you , and obey her thereafter , and maybe some time I shall get forgiveness for the part I have played in this night 's work . Off wid yez down the shtairs , now ! 'T is late , and an ould man like me should be takin ' his rest . ''