midnight
Then Wentworth rose mutely , and clasped me to his breast , and silence prevailed between us . It comprehended all . I think , when we meet again in heaven , after that severance which is inevitable to those who wear a mortal shape , we may feel as we did then , but never before ! The rapture -- the relief -- the spiritual ecstasy -- surmounting , as on wings of fire , pain , fatigue , suspense , anguish of mind and body -- were in themselves lessons of immortality beyond any that book or sage has issued from midnight vigil or earthly tabernacle . Not until a new order of things is established , and we have done with tribulation , tears , and death , shall we again know such sensations ; nor is it indeed quite certain that human heart and brain could twice sustain them here below ! Reaction came at last ! Life is full of bathos as well as pathos .