midnight
She was thinner and more pathetic than the old man . She had no expression in her face and she , too , made no sound . The awestruck boy did not stir . The midnight visitants to the empty house did not notice him . They came up to the porch . They mounted the steps and , without touching the fallen front door , passed silently into the deserted mansion . David did not know how long he waited , spellbound , after this apparition .