midnight
He slept at a room close to the hotel . A note from Clara Goodwin adjured me , by her memory of the sweet , brave , gracious fellow she loved in other days , to be worthy of what I had been . The General had unnerved her reliance on me . I sat up for my father until long past midnight . When he came his appearance reminded me of the time of his altercation with Baroness Turckems under the light of the blazing curtains : he had supped and drunk deeply , and he very soon proclaimed that I should find him invincible , which , as far as insensibility to the strongest appeals to him went , he was . ` Deny you love her , deny she loves you , deny you are one -- I knot you fast ! ' He had again seen Prince Ernest ; so he said , declaring that the Prince positively desired the marriage ; would have it .