midnight
` O Avice , Avice , you must not go out like this ! Do n't you know that I am responsible for your safety ? I am your -- well , guardian , in fact , and am bound by law and morals , and I do n't know what-all , to deliver you up to your native island without a scratch or blemish . And yet you indulge in such a midnight vagary as this ! ' ` But I am sure , sir , the gentlemen in the street were more respectable than they are anywhere at home ! They were dressed in the latest fashion , and would have scorned to do me any harm ; and as to their love-making , I never heard anything so polite before . ' ` Well , you must not do it again .