midnight
I am not a hero ; but neither am I a coward . I waited about an hour , and during all that time I saw nothing unusual . The rain , which had begun to come down strongly towards nine o'clock , had now ceased . My friend had told me that , probably , nothing would occur before midnight or one o'clock in the morning . It was not more than half-past eleven , however , when I heard the door of Arthur Rance 's room open very slowly . The door remained open for a minute , which seemed to me a long time . As it opened into the gallery , that is to say , outwards , I could not see what was passing in the room behind the door .