midnight
What would be the result of that night 's adventure ? Reginald Stanford , good-natured and nonchalant , was yet proud . She had seen his face change in the starlight , as once she had hardly thought it possible that ever-laughing face could change ; she had seen it cold and fixed as stone . How would he act towards a lady , plighted to be his wife , and yet who took midnight rambles with another man ? Would the engagement be broken off , and would he leave Canada forever in disgust ? Or would he , forsaking Kate , turn to Kate 's younger sister for love and consolation ? Rose 's heart throbbed , and her face grew hot in the solitude of her chamber , at the thought .