midnight
At last the task was finished , and so well the squire praised him , and for his faithfulness again was fain to speed him on his way . `` It was a woful journey to the waters of Kilgore . Sleep weighed on Ederyn 's eyelids , and haltingly he went the weary miles , footsore and worn . But midnight found him on the spot where one awaited him , another wraith-like envoy of the king , and it , too , left a touch upon his heart in token he had kept the tryst . And when he looked , another pearl gleamed there beside the first . `` So many a day went by , and Ederyn failed not in his homely tasks , but carried to his common round of duties all his might , as if they were great feats of prowess . Thus gained he liberty to keep the tryst with every messenger the king did send .