midnight
`` But when service was begun for an interlocutory decree I knew I could never come back openly . There were certain things of my own I wanted very much . '' `` And just how did you get into the house ? '' `` The one servant I could trust agreed to throw off the latch after midnight , to leave the door unlocked for me when I knew I would never be seen . '' `` Then why could n't that trusted servant have secured the things , these things you came after ? Without all this foolish risk of your forcing your way into a house at midnight ? '' Her head drooped a little .