midnight
So had Tessibel and Myra been brought up to believe . The squatter women fawned at the feet of their brutal husbands , as a beaten dog cringes to its master . That Ben Letts had broken Myra 's arm on the ragged rocks , and yet the girl wanted to aid him , showed Tess the superiority of the male sex , and Myra loved the squint-eyed fisherman , she evidenced it in every action . The lips of the younger squatter were sealed about the trail which she herself had laid in the midnight tragedy . But through the tender young heart flashed the hope that the experience with the dog would cause Ben Letts to turn his face toward the wretched , shrunken creature , who had suffered so much through him . She contemplated Myra an instant . `` Do ye want me to see him ? ''