midnight
She knew that her sister was fond of Geoffrey Bingham , but , when it came to the point that she would absolutely allow her affection to interfere with so glorious a success in life , she never believed for one moment . Of course she thought it was possible that if Beatrice could get possession of Geoffrey she might prefer to do so , but failing him , judging from her own low and vulgar standard , Elizabeth was convinced that she would take Owen . It did not seem possible that what was so precious in her own eyes might be valueless and even hateful to those of her sister . As for that little midnight incident , well , it was one thing and marriage was another . People forget such events when they marry ; sometimes even they marry in order to forget them . Yes , she must strike , but how ? Elizabeth had feelings like other people .