midnight
You pretend that you have been abused in order that you may be justified in offering insult ; you accuse me of tyranny in order that I may become your slave . Since I trouble your repose , I leave you in peace ; you will never see me again . '' We parted in anger , and I passed an entire day without seeing her . The next night , toward midnight , I was seized by a feeling of melancholy that I could not resist . I shed a torrent of tears ; I overwhelmed myself with reproaches that I richly deserved . I told myself that I was nothing but a fool , and a cowardly fool at that , to make the noblest , the best of creatures , suffer in this way . I ran to her to throw myself at her feet .