midnight
She exclaimed loudly -- ` _ The second turning to the right _ . ' She had advanced her face to within a foot of his own , and in speaking mouthed very emphatically , fixing her eyes intently upon his . And now his first suspicion was indubitably confirmed . Her eyes were as black as midnight . All this feigning was most distasteful to Graye . The riddle having been solved , he unconsciously assumed his natural look before she had withdrawn her face . She found him to be peering at her as if he would read her very soul -- expressing with his eyes the notification of which , apart from emotion , the eyes are more capable than any other -- inquiry .