midnight
Now to obey is hard . But I can obey -- we are not asked impossibilities . '' He walked to the crucifix , and threw himself down before it . A midnight stillness brooded over the house . * * * * * But far away , in an upper room , Laura Fountain had cried herself to sleep -- only to wake again and again , with the tears flooding her cheeks . Was it merely a disagreeable and exciting scene she had gone through ? What was this new invasion of her life ?