midnight
In vain Mammy Leezer said , with rolling eyes and fearful air : `` I du n no what de consekens will be , ef dat lil missy go ` way ! '' The good parson believed that Sally had gone forth in time of need , and now that she was no longer really needed , she should return to other duties . And Sally knew that he was right . So , very early one morning , Sally threw her Fairy Prince a kiss when he was sleeping and nobody saw , for Mammy had advised that he should know nought of her going until she must tell him she had gone , and long after midnight she was back with Goodwife Kendall , who received her with a warm embrace , so truly glad was she to have the maiden back again . It was a week later that Parson Kendall said to Sally , as he again met her in the hall : `` My dear young damsel , I have but just parted from Sir Percival Grandison , who hath been here to make inquiries concerning thyself . `` He declareth , doth Sir Percival , that you have bewitched his son , and that nought will do but thou must repair to Ingleside and sit beside him . The young man hath been brought by easy stages to his home , but wearies all the time for his ` Fairy Girl . '