autumn midnight
And she begs him , in the name of the Virgin , to return home , and try to do the will of his father . She beats her breast , weeps , prostrates herself before him , beseeches , implores , cries out , ` dakhilak -LRB- I am at your mercy -RRB- , come home with me . ' And Khalid , taking her up by the arm , embraces her and weeps , but says not a word . As two statues in the Temple , silent as an autumn midnight , they remain thus locked in each other 's arms , sobbing , mingling their sighs and tears . The mother then , ` Come , come home with me , O my child . ' And Khalid , sitting on one of the steps of the Temple , replies , ` Let him move out of the house , and I will come . I will live with you , if he will keep at the Jesuits . '