midnight
I had an intimate conviction that both parties would keep the tryst . It was more and more impressed upon me that they were approaching , converging . We had talked about breaking the spell ; well , it would be effectually broken -- unless indeed it should merely take another form and overdo their encounters as it had overdone their escapes . This was something I could n't sit still for thinking of ; it kept me awake -- at midnight I was full of unrest . At last I felt there was only one way of laying the ghost . If the reign of accident was over I must just take up the succession . I sat down and wrote a hurried note which would meet him on his return and which as the servants had gone to bed I sallied forth bareheaded into the empty , gusty street to drop into the nearest pillar-box .