midnight
Yet , according to the tale , it was the surviving servant , by whom he , or whoever it may have been , was accidentally shot . We are in a perfect tangle . On the other hand , it was never denied that Curtis and John Wiltshire were in London together at the time of Countess Fanny 's flight : and Curtis Fakenham was one of the procession of armed gentleman conducting her in her carriage , as they supposed ; and he was known to have started off , on the discovery of the cheat , with horrible imprecations against Frenchwomen . It became known , too ; that horses of his were standing saddled in his innyard at midnight . And more , Charles Dump the postillion was taken secretly to set eyes on him as they wheeled him in his garden-walk , and he vowed it was the identical gentleman . But this coming by and by to the ear of Curtis , he had Charles Dump fetched over to confront him ; and then the man made oath that he had never seen Mr. Curtis Fakenham anywhere but there , in his own house at Hollis ! One does not really know what , to think of it .