midnight
The matron smiled too . `` I should n't be nervous , miss , '' she said . `` It 's a chance , of course , but they have not done much damage yet . '' It was after midnight then , and a cold fog made the station a gloomy thing of blurred yellow lights and raw chill . A few people moved about , mostly officers in uniform . Half a dozen men in civilian clothes eyed her as she passed through the gates ; Scotland Yard , but she did not know . And once she thought she saw Henri , but he walked away into the shadows and disappeared .