midnight
Of course I was too well bred , and in too great a hurry to listen to any more , or I might have found out about her . I had just an instant interior gleam of what she must be like with that English name . And I wonder if the fates have directed my steps to her ? '' Mr. Andersen was not the tall , stern , gloomy hero of romance ; he was medium in height and figure , with a frank , eager sort of face , dark hair , and eyes she thought black then , but afterwards came to know that they were of the deep blue of a midnight sky in winter . He had such a smiling mouth , and his voice had a curious , lingering cadence that suggests that one may have heard it in a previous state . Hanny caught the spirit of the half badinage , and the laughing light in his face . `` I think I ought to know the ideal before I confess identity , '' she replied .