midnight
If ever I saw purity and truth in a woman 's face , I saw them in the face of Lady Eversleigh ; and I will stake my life that she is as true as steel . '' Sir Oswald clasped his friend 's hand , too deeply moved for words . There was unspeakable consolation in such friendship as this . For the first tame since midnight a ray of hope dawned upon him . He had always trusted in his old comrade 's judgment . Might he not trust in him still ? When Captain Copplestone left him , he went to his dressing-room , and made even a more than usually careful toilet , and went to face `` the world . ''