midnight
Till we meet again , dear love -- till we meet soon again ! '' And she accompanied me to the door , and kissed me as I went out , standing smilingly on tiptoe to do it , even as of old she was wont to do in the Red Tower . And the last thing I saw of her , as the door closed upon the darkness of the cell , was my love standing smiling up at me , her eyes filled with the splendors of the love that casteth out fear . Even as the dwarf on the ledge of the castle clocktower creaked his wires and clicked back his hammer to strike the midnight over the city , even as the first solemn toll of the hour reverberated over the Wolfsberg , I was at the door of the Duke 's room waiting for admission . The Chamberlain in attendance looked within , and seeing his master writing at a table , he was going out again without speech . `` Has Hugo Gottfried returned ? '' said the Duke , without looking up .