midnight
The matter has been taken up from the Embassy , and everything possible will be done to hunt the assassin down . Good-bye , and good luck ! '' We shook hands and I went out into the night . It was now well past midnight , and the streets were even quieter than usual at that hour , for there had been a sharp storm while I was with Southbourne . I had heard the crash of thunder at intervals , and the patter of heavy rain all the time . Now the storm was over , the air was cool and fresh , the sky clear . The wet street gleamed silver in the moonlight , and was all but deserted .