midnight
Yet , for all that , the storm had not commenced , and I could easily have walked over to Beacon Ledge and made my daily visit . But still I forbore . I had already told Jessie that I should not see her again until I came to hear the decision of my fate , and I resolved that I would be firm . Would it not , beside , spoil the whole romance of our midnight correspondence were I to visit her again so soon ? I had signalled a greeting to her . What a lowering of sentiment it would be if now I were to obtain her response in commonplace manner , by mere word of mouth , instead of by the bright sheen of the lighthouse itself ! Nay , that would never do .