midnight
It did not know that green fields and deep woods were strewn with dead and mangled youth and all it had meant of the world 's future . Its crumbled walls and remaining grey towers stood calm in the clear air and birds ' nests were hidden safely in their thick ivy . Robin was there and each night she believed that a dead man came to her a seeming living being . He was not like Dowie , but his realisation of the mystery of this thing touched his nerves as a wild unexplainable sound heard in the darkness at midnight might have done . He wondered if he should see some look which was not quite normal in her eyes and hear some unearthly note in her voice . Physically the effect upon her had been good , but might he not be aware of the presence of some mental sign ? `` I think you 'll be amazed when you see her , my lord , '' said Dowie , who met him .