midnight
_ `` Are you willing to remain with her alone , all night ? '' asked the young doctor . Helen glanced towards the figure reclining on the bed , whose length appeared almost supernatural , and whose appearance was rendered more gloomy by the dun-colored counterpane that enveloped it -- and though her countenance changed , she answered , `` Yes . '' `` Have you no fears that the old superstitions of your childhood will resume their influence over your imagination , in the stillness of the midnight hour ? '' `` I wish to subject myself to the trial . I am not quite sure of myself . I know there is no real danger , and it is time that I should battle single-handed with all imaginary foes . ''