midnight
But to meet the Best Man there , and Kitty Walton and Katie Mallard and all the rest -- well , I ca n't talk about it calmly . The thought of missing it is too grievous to mention in public . Enough said . Only the lonely pillow and the midnight hour shall hear my plaint . `` I could n't possibly bear the disappointment if we were not so busy . Mrs. Blythe is massing her forces like a major-general , and I am too deeply interested in the fight to let my personal affairs stand in the way . Three months ago , in my innocence and ignorance , I could not have believed that any fight would be necessary .