midnight
These presents , however , humiliated him ; he refused several ; she insisted , and he ended by obeying , thinking her tyrannical and overexacting . * A loving heart . Then she had strange ideas . `` When midnight strikes , '' she said , `` you must think of me . '' And if he confessed that he had not thought of her , there were floods of reproaches that always ended with the eternal question -- `` Do you love me ? '' `` Why , of course I love you , '' he answered . `` A great deal ? ''