midnight
_ Suivez moi _ . '' A thrill of rapture unutterable passed through every nerve and fibre of Claude . At once all the past was forgotten ; forgotten , also , were all the dangers that still lay before him . It was enough that this hope had not been frustrated , that the sentinel had come to deliver him from the cell at the midnight hour . The cool breeze of night was wafted in through the open door , and fanned the fevered brow of the prisoner , bearing on its wings a soothing influence , a healing balm , and life , and hope . His presence of mind all came back : he was self-poised , vigilant , cool : all this in one instant . All his powers would be needed to carry him through the remainder of the night ; and these all were summoned forth , and came at his bidding .