midnight
Around her were the solemn forest trees . The wind sighed through their branches . The sun was almost at the meridian . It was not midnight when she fainted . It was mid-day almost when she recovered . There was a sore pain at her heart ; all her limbs seemed full of bruises ; but she dragged herself to a little opening in the trees where the rays of the sun came down , and there the sun 's rays warmed her once more into life . There , as she sat , she recalled the events of the night .