midnight
His will was absolute in his own house , with his tenants , and in the great iron-works -- almost a town in itself -- which fed his fine fortune . While from his equals -- even from his fellow-members of that not over-reverent or easily impressible body , the House of Commons -- he required and received a degree of deference such as men yield only to an unusually powerful character . And there was now just such underlying energy in Katherine 's expression . Her eyes were dark , as a clear midnight sky is dark , her beautiful lips compressed , but with concentration of purpose , not with weakness of sorrow . The force of her motherhood had awakened in Katherine a latent , titanic element . Like `` Prometheus Bound , '' chained to the rock , torn , her spirit remained unquelled . For good or evil -- as the event should prove -- she defied the gods .