the midnight sun
`` I mean no offense . We have watched the midnight sun together , and -- and -- I thought -- '' He paused , feeling very foolish , and unable to conclude his sentence . She looked at him demurely from under her long , curling lashes . `` You will often find a peasant girl on the shores of the Altenfjord watching the midnight sun at the same time as yourself , '' she said , and there was a suspicion of laughter in her voice . `` It is not unusual . It is not even necessary that you should remember so little a thing . '' `` Necessary or not , I shall never forget it , '' he said with sudden impetuosity .