midnight
The state of my thoughts but little qualified me for a performer or auditor in such a scene ; but I reflected that , after it was finished , I should return home with you , and should then enjoy an opportunity of discoursing with you fully on this topic . My resolution was not formed without a remnant of doubt , as to its propriety . When I left this house to perform the visit I had promised , my mind was full of apprehension and despondency . The dubiousness of the event of our conversation , fear that my interference was too late to secure your peace , and the uncertainty to which hope gave birth , whether I had not erred in believing you devoted to this man , or , at least , in imagining that he had obtained your consent to midnight conferences , distracted me with contradictory opinions , and repugnant emotions . `` I can assign no reason for calling at Mrs. Baynton 's . I had seen her in the morning , and knew her to be well . The concerted hour had nearly arrived , and yet I turned up the street which leads to her house , and dismounted at her door .