midnight
The major 's expression was a tragedy . `` I 'm going to try and beg you off , Major , dear , '' said Caroline Darrah , and she hurried after Mrs. Matilda into Tempie 's domain . `` Major , '' said David as he gazed after the girl , `` when I look at her I feel cold all over , then hot-mad ! He 's going to-morrow night on the midnight train -- and she does n't know ! I ca n't even talk to him about it -- he looks like a dead man and works like a demon . I do n't know what to do ! '' `` David , '' said the major slowly as he pressed the tips of his long lean fingers together and regarded them intently , `` how love , tender wise love , love that is fed on heart 's blood and lives by soul-breath , can go deaf , blind , dumb , halt , broken-winged , idiotic and mortally cruel is more than I can see .