midnight
I know as well as though you had confessed to me . Your silence can not shelter your great mistress ' shame . Ah , ha ! So Mme. la Princesse is so cold to her equals , only to choose her lovers out of my blackguards , and take her midnight intrigues like a camp courtesan ! '' Cecil 's face changed terribly as the vile words were spoken . With the light and rapid spring of a leopard , he reached the side of his commander , one hand on the horse 's mane , the other on the wrists of his chief , that it gripped like an iron vise . `` You lie !