midnight
He fell not by your arm ! '' said Glyndon , in a tremulous and hollow tone . `` The general who calculates on the victory does not fight in person , '' answered Zanoni ; `` let the past sleep with the dead . Meet me at midnight by the sea-shore , half a mile to the left of your hotel . You will know the spot by a rude pillar -- the only one near -- to which a broken chain is attached . There and then , if thou wouldst learn our lore , thou shalt find the master . Go ; I have business here yet .