midnight
`` Katherine , are you raving ? '' the brother demanded ; but the girl was not to be turned aside . `` Listen to me , '' she said , and in her tone was the authority of the stronger personality , and the young man listened . She sat on the edge of his bed and held his hand as she talked , and through their lives neither might ever forget that midnight council . * * * * * The room had an air of having come in perfect and luxurious condition , fur-lined and jewel-clasped , as it were , from the hands of a good decorator , and of having stopped at that . The great triple lamp glowed green as if set with gigantic emeralds ; and its soft light shone on a scheme of color full of charm for the eye . The stuffs , the woodwork , were of a delightful harmony , but it seemed that the books and the pictures were chosen to match them .