midnight
And he could not have told of it without naming Florence Mountjoy . His uncle , when he heard the truth , must acknowledge that he had not behaved badly . And yet Harry , as he turned it all in his mind was uneasy as to his own conduct . He could not quite acquit himself in that he had kept secret all the facts of that midnight encounter in the face of the inquiries which had been made , in that he had falsely assured Augustus Scarborough of his ignorance . And yet he knew that on no consideration would he acknowledge himself to have been wrong . It was still October when Harry Annesley went down to Buston , and the Mountjoys had just reached Brussels . Mr. Grey had made his visit to Tretton and had returned to London .