midnight
She had the key and I , even had I wished , could only have had it taken off by means of another key or melting the gold . At my refusal there was a storm of tears as usual , but it soon passed over on my kissing her and promising we would go to a jeweller 's on the morrow and have one something like it put on her own arm . She soon fell asleep after peace was restored , but I lay awake for hours watching the tracery of palm shadows on the wall opposite , thrown there by the light of the square . At midnight the lamp was put out , the room grew black , without a ray of light , and after a time I , too , fell asleep . I was awakened by a curious sense of a presence in the room . My eyelids flew open , my ears strained . The room was one solid block of blackness , there was no ray of light anywhere .