Midnight
Suspecting nothing wrong , he ceased to urge her , but he felt that this was not the moment for delivering his letter . He retained it , therefore , and , in a tumult of insatiable love , as he tore himself away from her he snatched one of her neckerchiefs , and , after pressing it madly to his lips , crushed it into his pocket . His whole being was in a ferment of excitement as he walked aimlessly about the streets . Midnight found him again in the neighbourhood of Mariana 's house ; consciousness of the fact brought him to himself . He went slowly away , set himself for home , and constantly turned round again ; at last , with an effort , he constrained himself , and actually departed . At the corner of the street , looking back yet once more , he imagined that he saw Mariana 's door open , and a dark figure issue from it . He was too distant to see clearly , and in a moment the appearance was lost in the night .