Midnight
Ged loves Ith . '' Evening fell and the night came when Ith should speak with Ged , and Lod became ever surer of the doom of his race . He lay down but could not sleep . Midnight had barely come when Lod arose and went with his iron sword again to the hill . And there sat Ged . Had Ith been to him yet ? Ith whom Ged loved , who hated the sword-holders .