midnight
You met her there , perhaps -- eh ? '' I replied in the affirmative . It , however , struck me as strange that he should refer to her as `` the girl . '' Surely that was the term used by one of his strange motoring friends when he kept that midnight appointment on the Brescia road . `` I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Sylvia , '' I went on . `` And more , we have become very firm friends . '' `` Oh ! ''