midnight
Life without her was impossible . I swore by the head of Horus that she should be mine . I swore it to the Priest of Thoth . He turned away from me with a brow which was as black as midnight . `` There is no need to tell you of our wooing . She came to love me even as I loved her . I learned that Parmes had seen her before I did , and had shown her that he too loved her , but I could smile at his passion , for I knew that her heart was mine .