midnight
`` Oh , Ella ! -- beg pardon -- Miss Bodine , what a savage a man would be if you could n't manage him ! '' `` Then promise you wo n't go near those people any more . '' `` You are too brave a girl to ask that when you learn that Dr. Devoe is going to tackle them with the police if they do n't quiet down by midnight . '' They spoke in low tones as he again held her hand , while they picked their way among the extemporized shelters and uneasy refugees in the square . As they approached their own quarters she faltered , `` I 'm not very brave tonight , and I have long since learned that you are only too brave . '' He paused , still retaining her hand as he said , `` What a strange scene this is !