midnight
Then , as the evening shadows crept into the green nest , Fay proposed timidly that they should go back to the Manse , for she wanted to show Hugh their boy ; and Hugh consented at once . And hand in hand they went through the tangled underwood and past the shimmering falls ; and as Hugh looked down on his little wife and saw the new sweet womanliness that had grown on her with her motherhood , and the meek purity of her fair young face , he felt a proud happiness thrilling within him , and knew that it was God-given , and that its blessing would last him throughout his whole life . Day unto day her dainty hands Make life 's soil 'd temples clean , And there 's a wake of glory where Her spirit pure hath been . At midnight through that shadow land Her living face doth gleam , The dying kiss her shadow , and The dead smile in her dream . A little later , Jean , honest woman , suffered an electric shock . She was brushing out baby Hugh 's curls , that had been disordered by the walk , when she thought she heard Mrs. St. Clair 's footsteps , only it was over-quick like , as she remarked later , `` like a bairn running up the stairs , '' but she fairly shook with surprise when the door opened , and a rosy , dimpled , smiling creature stood before her . `` Give me the baby , Jean , quick -- no , never mind his sash , he looks beautiful .