midnight
I saw how his suspicions of me came crawling into his heart , though he strove to lash them back . I dared not bring Ivor out from the other room , if he were still there . He was too handsome , too young , too attractive in every way . If Raoul had been jealous of Count Godensky , whom he knew I had refused , what would he feel towards Ivor Dundas , a stranger whose name I had never mentioned , though he was received at my house after midnight ? I was thankful I had n't taken Ivor 's advice and introduced the two men at first , for in his then mood Raoul would have listened to no explanations . He and I would never have arrived at the understanding we had reached now . And not having been frank at first , I must be secret to the end . -RRB-