midnight
`` It will be over in a fortnight ; and then I must have rest . Do n't you see how I want rest ? '' Sabina had seen it for some time past . That white cheek had been fading more and more to a wax-like paleness ; those black eyes glittered with fierce unhealthy light ; and dark rings round them told , not merely of late hours and excitement , but of wild passion and midnight tears . Sabina had seen all , and could not but give way , as Marie went on . `` I must have rest , I tell you ! I am beginning -- I can confess all to you -- to want stimulants .