midnight
I re-called the gruff warning Bezers -- even Bezers , and there was something very odd in Bezers giving a warning ! -- had given Madame de Pavannes when he told her that she would be better where she was . I thought of the wakefulness which I had marked in the streets , the silent hurrying to and fro , the signs of coming strife , and contrasted these with the quietude and seeming safety of Mirepoix 's house ; and I hastily asked Pavannes at what time he had been arrested . `` About an hour before midnight , '' he answered . `` Then you know nothing of what is happening ? '' I replied quickly . `` Why , even while we are loitering here -- but listen ! ''