midnight
`` And just how did you get into the house ? '' `` The one servant I could trust agreed to throw off the latch after midnight , to leave the door unlocked for me when I knew I would never be seen . '' `` Then why could n't that trusted servant have secured the things , these things you came after ? Without all this foolish risk of your forcing your way into a house at midnight ? '' Her head drooped a little . `` I wanted to see my husband , '' was the quiet-toned response . Just how , she did not explain .