midnight
`` Well , '' said one , who had not yet spoken , `` I do n't see why twelve at night should be a whit more disagreeable than twelve at day . '' `` Do n't you ? '' `` Not I. '' `` Now , for instance , many a party of pleasure goes to that old ruin where Sir Francis Varney so unaccountably disappeared in broad daylight . But is there any one here who would go to it alone , and at midnight ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Who ? '' `` I would . ''