midnight
`` Oh . '' The monosyllable was heavy with meaning -- with any one of a dozen meanings , in truth . Maitland debated the most obvious . Did she conceive he had insinuated that it was his habit to ferry armfuls of attractive femininity over rocky fords by the light of a midnight moon ? No matter . While he thought it out , she was consenting . Presently a slender arm was passed round his neck .