midnight
The cavern was lighted for an instant by this discharge , and then immediately returned to pitchy darkness rendered thicker by the smoke . To this succeeded a profound silence , broken only by the steps of the third brigade , now entering the cavern . Chapter L : The Death of a Titan . At the moment when Porthos , more accustomed to the darkness than these men , coming from open daylight , was looking round him to see if through this artificial midnight Aramis were not making him some signal , he felt his arm gently touched , and a voice low as a breath murmured in his ear , `` Come . '' `` Oh ! '' said Porthos . `` Hush ! ''