midnight
The king spoke , decisively : `` If the attack has been secret , the justification shall be public . '' Gonzague addressed Lagardere : `` Where is the woman who calls herself the daughter of Louis de Nevers ? '' The king also questioned : `` Why is she not with you ? '' Lagardere answered , composedly : `` Mademoiselle de Nevers will be here at midnight , and will herself present to your Royal Highness the papers that prove her birth . '' `` What papers ? '' asked the king . And Lagardere answered : `` The pages torn from the parish register by her mother , and confided to me in the moat of Caylus Castle . ''