midnight
She stood quite ready near Susanna , and was regarding her with a gentle , attentive look . Susanna sprang up , shocked at her own tardiness , and went all the quicker now to make arrangements for breakfast . The bouillon was again had recourse to , the servants were refreshed with salmon , bacon , and curds thawed in snow-water . A tempest had blown up after midnight , which promised our travellers not at all an agreeable travelling-day . The river and the brooks roared loudly , and raged and thundered amid the rocks around them . In the course of the morning the wind , however , abated , but Harald cast now and then thoughtful glances upon the grey roof of cloud which grew ever thicker above their heads . Susanna saw him once cast an inquiring glance upon the guide , and he shook his grey head .