Midnight
Naughty Josephine , I 'll punish you hereafter for your attempt to deceive me ! ' The poor man little suspected how egregiously she _ was _ deceiving him ! -- He was a person of no natural penetration , and could no more see thro ' her designs , than through the veil which covered her face . Midnight came , and found Josephine and her victim still seated upon the sofa in the little parlor , her head reposing upon his shoulder , and his arm encircling her waist . He felt as happy as any man can feel , who imagines he has won the love of a beautiful woman ; but had he known the blackness of her heart , and seen the awful hideousness of her face , how he would have cast her from him with contempt and loathing ! When about to take his leave , he lingered in the entry and begged her to grant him a kiss ; she consented , on condition that it should be a ` kiss in the dark . ' The candle was extinguished , she raised her veil , and he pressed his lips to hers .