midnight
Come ; it is an adventure to see a tall , thin old man in a dressing-gown and a red woolen nightcap . So you will find my chief ; and in apartments much different from these . '' She took up the missive with its broken seal . `` So your chief , as you call him , asks me to come to him , at midnight , with you , a stranger ? '' `` Do you not believe in charms and in luck , in evil and good fortune , Madam ? '' I asked her . `` Now , it is well to be lucky .