midnight
That came of knowing Maisie ; it came of Maisie 's sweetness . She would have to lie and lie . She was not thinking of Colin now ; she was thinking that if Jerrold came back for the hay harvest and Maisie went on with Colin to the Italian Lakes , she would have her lover to herself ; they would be alone together all June . She would lie in his arms , not for their short , reckless hour of Sunday , but night after night , from long before midnight till the dawn . For last year , when the warm weather came , Anne and Colin had slept out of doors in wooden shelters set up in the Manor fields , away from the noises of the farm . A low stone wall separated Anne 's field from Colin 's . This year , when Jerrold came home , Colin 's shelter had been moved up from the field to the Manor garden .