midnight
Do not look at it to-night ; and when you do , show it to no one but your brother here . ' With that he gave her the very packet you have in your hand , shook hands with us both , and went downstairs . We never saw him again . The weather was thick , with some snow falling , and the snow increased towards midnight . We waited up till we were tired , but he did not return that night or the next day . Three days later his body was found in a drift of snow , halfway down a cliff to the west of the town . The right leg and arm were broken and two ribs on the same side . ''