midnight
As for this tale of a duel , I ask your lordship : Had Captain Tremayne desired a secret meeting with Count Samoval , would he have chosen this of all places in which to hold it ? '' `` This ? '' `` This . The fight -- whoever fought it -- took place in the quadrangle there at midnight . '' He was overcome with astonishment , and he showed it . `` Upon my soul , '' he said , `` I do not appear to have been told any of the facts . Strange that O'Moy should never have mentioned that , '' he muttered , and then inquired suddenly : `` Where was Tremayne arrested ? ''