midnight
As Rebecca rose , the tears still trembling on her lashes , he looked at her suddenly as with new vision . `` Good-by ! '' he said , taking her slim brown hands in his , adding , as if he saw her for the first time , `` Why , little Rose-Red-Snow-White is making way for a new girl ! Burning the midnight oil and doing four years ' work in three is supposed to dull the eye and blanch the cheek , yet Rebecca 's eyes are bright and she has a rosy color ! Her long braids are looped one on the other so that they make a black letter U behind , and they are tied with grand bows at the top ! She is so tall that she reaches almost to my shoulder . This will never do in the world !