Midnight
So I must give diversion a fair trial . But I am afraid these are the games of mental childhood . Well , that reminds me I promised the children to play with them for a while before supper . '' So he came out , and presently , brave in the shirt of Nessus , and mimicked in every action by that incongruous shadow , Prince Jurgen was playing tag with the three little Eumenidês , the daughters of Anaïtis by her former marriage with Acheron , the King of Midnight . Anaïtis and the dark potentate had parted by mutual consent . `` Acheron meant well , '' she would say , with a forgiving sigh , `` and that in the Moon 's absence he occasionally diverted travellers , I do not deny . But he did not understand me . ''