midday
`` There , kill my body ! '' he cried , `` but save my soul ! '' Whilst he stood there , up to his throat in liquid ice , so to speak , Margaret uttered one long , piteous moan , and rose to her knees . He saw her as plain almost as in midday . Saw her pale face and her eyes glistening ; and then in the still night he heard these words : `` Oh , God ! Thou that knowest all , Thou seest how I am used . Forgive me then !