midnight
`` Be silent , madam , '' said Nino , and he moved a step nearer , and stood with folded arms . `` Ah ! You would silence me now , would you ? You would rather not hear me speak of your midnight serenades , and your sweet letters dropped from the window of her room at your feet ? '' But her rage overturned itself , and with a strange cry she fell into a deep chair , and wept bitterly , burying her face in her two hands . `` Miserable woman that I am ! '' she sobbed , and her whole lithe body was convulsed .