Midnight
It was plain that she understood the man 's position to be one of dictation and control : we use the stronger aspect in which it was presented to her mind . As to submission , it was not in all her thoughts . Wrung to agony as her heart was , and appalled as she looked , trembling and shrinking into the future , she did not yield a moment to weakness . Midnight found Irene alone in her chamber . She had flung herself upon a bed when she came up from the parlor , and fallen asleep after an hour of fruitless beating about in her mind . Awaking from a maze of troubled dreams , she started up and gazed , half fearfully , around the dimly-lighted room . `` Where am I ? ''