the hour of two
`` Me , too -- seein ' that I 've prayed for it day an ' night , '' she acknowledged , her eyes seeking his . `` Our destinies have brought us together ; whatever happens now I am content , '' he said , pressing his lips once more to hers . A little while later he added : `` My darkest hour will be lightened by the memory of you , to-night . '' The clock , striking the hour of two , filled in a lull that might otherwise have seemed to require conversation . For some minutes , Johnson , raised to a higher level of exaltation , even , than was the Girl , had been secretly rejoicing in the Fate that had brought them together . `` It 's wonderful that I should have found her at last and won her love , '' he soliloquised . `` We must be Fortune 's children -- she and I. '' The minutes ticked away and still they were silent .