midnight
-- No explanation ? -- Why speak to me then at all ? '' `` To tell you so at once -- to end your suspense -- to tell you that I can not explain . The midnight consultation and the morning , were not to prepare for you excuse or apology , but to decide whether I could tell you the whole ; and since that can not be , I determined not to enter into any explanation . I am glad that you do not wish to hear any . '' `` Answer me one question , '' said he : -- `` that picture-did you give it to Colonel D'Aubigny ? '' `` No .