midnight
She faltered : `` No ; he is engaged to my cousin . '' `` Are you speaking the truth ? '' `` Yes , '' she sobbed , nervously . His midnight eyes flashed dangerously as he answered , menacingly : `` I hope that you are , and it will be well for you if you are , for , mind you , Ela Craye , there is , as you say , no law to punish you for what you have done to me , yet I mean to take justice into my own hands . You may never be mine , but I swear no other man shall ever possess you . Remember this that I tell you now : In the hour that you wed another , there will be murder done ! Either your life or my rival 's shall pay the forfeit for what you have done ! ''