midnight
The whole day took its colour from this happy beginning . In after-years John often spoke of that Easter Sabbath ; of their quiet walk all together up the cliff to St. Penfer Chapel ; of the singing , and the sermon , and the Sunday-school in the afternoon for the fisher children ; of the walk to St. Swer with Denas by his side and the walk back , singing all the way home ; of the nice supper ready for them , and how they had eaten and talked till the late moon made a band of light across the table , and John said hurriedly : `` Well , there now ! The tide will be calling me before I do have time to get sleep in my eyes . '' Then Joan rose quickly and Denas began to put away the bread and cheese and milk , and though none recognised the fact at the time , the old life passed away for ever when the three rose from that midnight supper . Yet for several days afterward nothing seemed to be changed . John went to his fishing and had unusual good fortune ; and Joan and Denas were busy mending nets and watching the spring bleaching . It was the duty of Denas to take the house linen to some level grassy spot on the cliff-breast and water and watch it whiten in the sunshine .