midnight
Will you go , Ben ? '' He complied , and I was left alone . When Ben left Surrey , I sent no message or letter by him , and he asked for none . But at once I wrote to Desmond , and did not finish my letter till after midnight . Intoxicated with the liberty my pen offered me , I roamed over a wide field of paper . The next morning I burnt it . But there was something to be said to him before his departure , and again I wrote .