midnight
She knows , of course , nothing of what 's been happening ; and I want her to be told first about YOU . '' Effie , sought throughout the house , was presently traced to the school-room , and thither Darrow mounted with Anna . He had never seen her so alight with happiness , and he had caught her buoyancy of mood . He kept repeating to himself : `` It 's over -- it 's over , '' as if some monstrous midnight hallucination had been routed by the return of day . As they approached the school-room door the terrier 's barks came to them through laughing remonstrances . `` She 's giving him his dinner , '' Anna whispered , her hand in Darrow 's . `` Do n't forget the gold-fish ! ''