midnight
Her eyes did not for an instant quail before his gaze . On the contrary , they opened wide in a bold , derisive stare , until she was recalled by the questions of the examiner . `` Witness ! Do you mean to say , upon your oath , that you went to Castle Lone at midnight to meet the Marquis of Arondelle ? '' `` Aye , that I do . I went to the castle to keep tryste wi ' his lairdship , the Marquis of Arondelle . He wha was troth-plighted to the heiress o ' Lone .