twelve o'clock
Heart beat against heart , eyes gazed into eyes , souls met upon clinging lips , and the sweet compact of married love was renewed in the clasping of their long-parted hands . They sat down together and spoke in soft , sad voices of the great mistakes of the past . Until the midnight hour they wept and talked together , and then Denasia said : `` In a short time a poor woman who is nursing at the Gilsey House will be here . She is on duty until twelve o'clock , but as soon as she is released she promised to come and sit with me . So you must leave me now , Roland . It is useless to explain to my neighbours our relationship . They would look at you and me and think evilly .