midnight
The martyr 's crown will open the gates of Heaven to him -- who was your father , too , Demetrius . Gain that and I myself will lead the singer to my son 's arms . '' `` That is a bargain ! '' cried Demetrius -- and soon after midnight he had retired to rest , after seeing Mary fulfil her promise to give a parental blessing to the betrothed pair . A few weeks later Dada and Gorgo were both baptized , and both by the name of Cecilia ; and then , at Mary 's special entreaty , Marcus ' marriage was solemnized with much pomp by the Bishop himself . Still , and in spite of the lavish demonstrations of more than motherly affection which the widow showered her daughter-in-law , Dada felt a stranger , and ill at ease in the great house in the Canopic way . When Demetrius , a few weeks after their marriage , proposed Marcus that he should undertake the management of family estates in Cyrenaica , she jumped at the suggestion ; and Marcus at once decided to act upon it when his brother promised to remain with him for the first year or two , helping him with his advice and instructions .