midnight
She felt offended , scorned , insulted , and at the same time defrauded of the happiness which this night of the full moon contained for her . Or had the demons who promised happiness meant something else in their prediction than Hermon 's love ? Was she to owe the bliss they had foretold to hate and pitiless retribution ? When the midnight hour had nearly arrived she prepared to depart , but after she had already set her foot on the edge of the boat she returned to the grassy seat . She would wait a little longer yet . Then there would be nothing which could give Hermon a right to consideration ; then she might let loose upon him the avenging powers at her command . Ledscha again gazed over the calm landscape , but in the wild tumult of her heart she no longer distinguished the details upon which her eyes rested .