midnight
` By you ? ' says I. '' ` By me , ' says Fergus . `` Well , Fergus and the duenna , Francesca , attended to the details . And one night they fetched me a long black cloak with a high collar , and led me to the house at midnight . I stood by the window in the _ patio _ until I heard a voice as soft and sweet as an angel 's whisper on the other side of the bars . I could see only a faint , white clad shape inside ; and , true to Fergus , I pulled the collar of my cloak high up , for it was July in the wet seasons , and the nights were chilly . And , smothering a laugh as I thought of the tongue-tied Fergus , I began to talk .