midnight
`` Your heart , '' said Hilda , `` is very ready to hold you back when you see danger ahead . '' Gualtier 's pale face flushed . `` That 's false , '' said he , `` and you know it . Did my heart quail on that midnight sea when I was face to face with four ruffians and quelled their mutiny ? You have already told me that it was a bold act . '' `` Well , at least you were armed , and they were not , '' said Hilda , with unchanged scorn . `` Enough , '' cried Gualtier , flushing a deeper and an angrier red .