midnight
`` It was too great , too glorious to take all at once , '' she said , and with a sudden shyness she buried her face in his coat . `` My darling sweet one , '' he murmured , drawing her to him , passion flaming once more . `` I could have cried madly '' -- and he quoted in Greek : / $ `` Wilt them fly me and deny me ? By thine own joy I vow , By the grape upon the bough , Thou shalt seek me in the midnight , thou shalt love me even now . '' $ / Mr. Carlyon had not restricted Halcyone 's reading : she knew it was from the `` Bacchæ '' of Euripides , and answered : `` Ah , yes , and , you see , I have sought you in the midnight , and I am here , and I love you -- even now ! '' After that , for a while they both seemed to fall into a dream of bliss . They spoke not , they just sat close together , his arms encircling her , her head upon his breast ; and thus they watched the first precursors of dawn streak the sky and , looking up , found the stars had faded .