an hour after midnight
My face '' -- with bitter scorn -- `` shows better by darkness than by daylight . Will you be out to see , the grand illumination . '' `` Most certainly . '' `` Then meet me here an hour after midnight , and the face so long hidden shall be revealed . But , once again , on the threshold of doom , I entreat you to pause . '' `` There is no such word for me ! '' he fiercely and exultingly cried .