midnight
After this I discerned no more of her . For now the woman from the woods clasped me more closely than before , pressing her warm lips on mine ; and it was as if her long hair fell round us both , spreading over my eyes like a veil , to hide from them the fair hill-tops , and the woman who was walking onward to the bright clouds above . I was drawn along in the arms of the dark woman , with my blood burning and my breath failing me , until we entered the secret recesses that lay amid the unfathomable depths of trees . There , she encircled me in the folds of her dusky robe , and laid her cheek close to mine , and murmured a mysterious music in my ear , amid the midnight silence and darkness of all around us . And I had no thought of returning to the plain again ; for I had forgotten the woman from the fair hills , and had given myself up , heart , and soul , and body , to the woman from the dark woods . Here the dream ended , and I awoke . It was broad daylight .