midnight
Or would she have always to feel that he loved her and was for ever suffering pain ? The more she thought the less clear the issue became , and the deeper the sadness in the atmosphere . At last she slipped down onto the big white bear-skin rug and began to pray . But when the clock struck midnight , and the New Year bells rang out , a dreadful depression fell upon her , a sense of foreboding and fear . She tried to tell herself that she was foolish , and it was all caused only because she was so highly strung and sensitive now , on account of her state . But the thought would persist that danger threatened some one she loved . Was it Denzil , or John ?