midnight
he said . The girl lifted her head and looked round . `` Yes , '' she answered , and Peer fancied her voice had taken a new tone . It was past midnight . Heights and woods and saeters lay lifeless in the soft suffused reddish light . The lake-trout were not rising any more , but now and again the screech of a cock-ptarmigan could be heard among the withies . `` What made you come just here for your holiday , I wonder , '' she asked suddenly .