midnight
We human creatures are the silliest on earth , most certainly . Dacier had observed the blush , and the check to her flowing tongue did not escape him as they walked back to the inn down the narrow street of black rooms , where the women gossiped at the fountain and the cobbler threaded on his doorstep . His novel excitement supplied the deficiency , sweeping him past minor reflections . He was , however , surprised to hear her tell Lady Esquart , as soon as they were together at the breakfast-table , that he had the intention of starting for England ; and further surprised , and slightly stung too , when on the poor lady 's , moaning over her recollection of the midnight Bell , and vowing she could not attempt to sleep another night in the place , Diana declared her resolve to stay there one day longer with her maid , and explore the neighbourhood for the wild flowers in which it abounded . Lord and Lady Esquart agreed to anything agreeable to her , after excusing themselves for the necessitated flight , piteously relating the story of their sufferings . My lord could have slept , but he had remained awake to comfort my lady . ` True knightliness ! '