midnight
Having passed this temple , take the winding road at its rear . This will bring thee to where three roads meet , and there thou wilt see , by the light of the waning moon and the flickering stars , an altar , and , rising above it , the three-figured statue of the Triple Goddess . She , as Hecate , holding in her hands the keys of hell and of death , facing the pit in which the altar is reared for to-night 's incantations and sacrifice . Secrete thyself before midnight behind the base of one of the tall trees . Thou wilt not have long to wait ere the light of a torch will stream upon the dark green foliage and a woman 's form will appear , and , later , as she approaches , dark tresses waving in the breeze , and , if light enough , two eyes like stars of night , o'ershadowed by eyebrows like cloudlets of gloom . Those are the eyes of Saronia , the priestess of Hecate . Darest thou to be there and speak to her ?