midnight
He spoke a little abstractedly , for he saw a delicate situation approaching . He was sure to be asked -- once Annapla 's service was over -- what led to the encounter , and to give the whole story frankly involved Olivia 's name unpleasantly in a vulgar squabble . He saw for the first time that he had been wholly unwarranted in taking the defence of the Baron 's interests into his own hands . Could he boldly intimate that in his opinion jealousy of himself had been the spring of the Chamberlain 's midnight attacks on the castle of Doom ? That were preposterous ! And yet that seemed the only grounds that would justify his challenging the Chamberlain . When Annapla was gone then Doom got the baldest of histories .