midnight
Poor forlorn Christal ! whither can she go ? I must try and save her , before it is too late . '' ... `` I sit down at midnight to inform you of all that has happened this day , that you may at once answer and tell me what further I am to do . I went once more to visit Madame Blandin , who poured out upon me a whole stream of reproaches against Christal . '' -- `` ` She was _ un petit diable _ always ; and now , though she has been my own pupil for years , I would rather turn her out to starve than keep her in my house for another day . ' `` ` But , ' said I , ` you might at least find her some other situation . '