midnight
`` I simply love the night-air , do n't you ? '' she continued . `` I often go out for a stroll in the garden the last thing . '' I guessed her intention , but I was not going to compromise myself by strolling about the Jervaise domain at midnight with Grace Tattersall . `` Do you ? Yes , '' I agreed , as if I were bound to admire her originality . They are afraid of the night-air , my allegory went on , and having begun their retreat , they are now sending out their servant for help .