midnight
`` I had hoped that we would be allies , '' she said softly , and was gone before I could ask her why . As was only to be expected , things were very quiet during the next few days . Bryce went about his own affairs more openly than hitherto . With the passing of our midnight visitor all fear of attack seemed to have disappeared . He did not say as much to me , but in many little ways he showed that he was much easier in his mind . I found that I had next to nothing to do . He did not go out of his way now to find something to keep me occupied .