midnight
`` Will you not ? '' said he , through setting teeth , and suddenly he caught the wrist of that outstretched arm . But she saw nothing of immediate danger . The only danger that she knew was the danger that threatened Florimond , and little did that matter since at midnight she was to leave Condillac to reach La Rochette in time to warn her betrothed . The knowledge gave her confidence and an added courage . `` You have offered me your bargain , '' she told him . `` You have named your price and you have heard my refusal .