midnight
He talked of it with his friends , and smoked scores of boxes of cigars during the conversations . He had completed what he called the study for the work , which represented , he said , the Goddess alighting upon Latmos while Endymion slept . He pointed out to his companions , especially to Lawrence Newt , the pure antique classical air of the composition . `` You know , '' he said , as he turned his head and moved his hands over the study as if drawing in the air , `` you know it ought somehow to seem silent , and cool , and remote ; for it is ancient Greece , Diana , and midnight . You see ? '' Then came a vast cloud of smoke from his mouth , as if to assist the eyes of the spectator . `` Oh yes , I see , '' said every one of his companions -- especially Lawrence Newt , who did see , indeed , but saw only a head of Hope Wayne in a mist .