midnight
There was a difference in the situation that morning , although the man did not know it . On this occasion Fanny Glen was a prisoner as well as he . He could not see her face as her veil still remained down , yet there was no mistaking her form . Indeed he felt that had it been midnight he would have recognized her presence . His heart leaped within his breast at the sight of her . He thought it beat so she might almost have heard it in the perfect silence that had fallen between them . His first impulse was to run toward her and take her in his arms once more .