Midnight
And she , understanding , stood away and watched me with dimmed eyes . `` Wear that ring , even though you wear another when you are queen , '' I said . `` Whatever else I wear , this I will wear till I die and after , '' said she , as she kissed the ring . Young Rupert 's Midnight Diversions The night came fine and clear . I had prayed for dirty weather , such as had favoured my previous voyage in the moat , but Fortune was this time against me . Still I reckoned that by keeping close under the wall and in the shadow I could escape detection from the windows of the chateau that looked out on the scene of my efforts . If they searched the moat , indeed , my scheme must fail ; but I did not think they would .