midnight
`` Nay ; '' answered she her face softening at the appellation . `` Not till midnight comes ; for `` When storm comes at end of day The midnight hour takes the rain away . ' '' The girl 's face clouded . `` Then I must forth at midnight , '' she declared . `` Thy need must be urgent that impels thee onward through the darkness , '' observed the woman keenly . `` Boy , what is thy business ? Would have me read the stars for its issue ? ''