midnight
`` This is your doing , '' he said furiously . `` I will never forgive you , Herrick -- never ! Oh ! '' -- as midnight chimed from a church near -- `` this is our wedding-day -- : Leah 's and mine , and you have hidden my bride away ! But you shall give her up , '' with an oath , and for the moment Malcolm thought the lad would have struck him in his insane passion . Cedric was no mean athlete , and Malcolm was hardly a match for him , but he caught his uplifted hand and held it firmly . `` Do n't be a fool , Cedric , '' he said quietly .