midnight
There was a little shriek of fear and a smothered cry . ` Oh , Tom , are n't you a bit afraid ? ' And then the giant answered the trembling little girl whom he would like to have shaken off , she clung so closely to him ` Thunder and lightning , no ! ' I 'm not afraid of anything except getting wet ; and if you are , you 'd better run before the whole thing is upon us ; the sky is blacker than midnight now . I never saw a storm come on so fast . Can you run ? ' ` Yes -- some , ' Ann Eliza gasped out ; ` only my boots are so tight and new , and the heels are so high .