midnight
I wish I could let her know what a -- what a good influence she 's been . I do n't know what I 'd ` a ' done -- if I had n't met her ! I was in a dreadful way ! '' By this time , having had the advantage of countless midnight walks , not to mention the familiarizing effect of several scores of desperate adventures , the character of Miss Lorna Doone McCarty had been completely unfolded to the reverential Dink . He saw her , he conversed with her , he knew her . She was a sort of heavenly being , misunderstood by her family -- especially her brother , who had not the slightest comprehension . She was like Dante 's Beatrice , as the pictures , not the dreadful text , represent that lady -- and only seven years older than Mr. John H. Stover .