midnight
`` No , I had n't any such nonsense in my mind till you suggested it , but having once entertained the idea it haunted me . '' `` Yes , and it haunts you still , '' I said , eagerly . `` What time is it , Mr. Morton ? '' `` It lacks but a few moments of midnight . '' `` No , '' she said , laughingly , `` I do n't believe anything more will happen to-day , and as soon as the old clock downstairs strikes twelve I think the light of reason will burn again in your disordered mind . Good-night . '' Instead of going , however , she hesitated , looked at me earnestly a moment , then asked : `` You said you found me unconscious ? ''