midnight
Is it all a farce ? '' The suggestion was intense pain , and he put it from him . No , that One whom he had seen in his laboratory , the Man of the cross and of the glory , was no delusion . To admit Him to be such would be blackest midnight . He held on to his revelation with an iron clasp , but he longed to escape from an atmosphere that now stifled him . He made his way to his mother and Winifred . `` Shall I take you to the refreshment room ? ''