midnight
As the Countess passed down the long corridor she almost ran into young Pierre , the boy . He had been questioned with the rest , but had absolutely nothing to tell . Of course , he knew about the recovery of the Eagle , but that was all . He had known nothing about the midnight meeting . The Countess Laure had taken him into her service , her uncle being willing . And he had spent a miserable day when not with her , wondering and hoping and praying for Marteau . With others in the regiments he had received important news in the last hour , and had made every effort to get it to Marteau , as had been suggested to him , but he had hitherto failed .