midnight
`` Forgive ? Mon Dieu ! '' said he . Their midnight meal was set out ; to them it was tasteless , and neither one made more than a silent pretense of eating it . They were absorbed in their own thoughts when the sound of high voices , a commotion of some sort at the front of the saloon , attracted their attention . Rouletta 's ears were the first to catch it ; she turned , then uttered a breathless exclamation . The next instant she had slid down from her perch and was hurrying away .