midnight
She had flown from the body he was painfully unbinding from his own . What he had suffered in holding it there so long she never knew . From leagues away she heard him whispering , `` Child , can you help yourself a little ? '' And now for an instant her soul re-approached her body , and looked at him through the soft midnight of her eyes , and he saw in them such starlight as never was in sky or on sea . `` Kiss me , '' said Helen . He kissed her . With a great effort she lifted herself and stood upright on the raft , swaying a little and holding by the mast .