midnight
How would he take the knowledge of it ? Anne saw what must come of his knowing . It would be the end of their happiness . After this they would have to give each other up ; he would never take her in his arms again ; he would never come to her again in the fields between midnight and dawn . They could n't go on unless they told Maisie the truth ; and they could n't tell Maisie the truth now , because the truth would bring the pain back to her poor little heart . They could never be straight with her ; they would have to hide what they had done for ever . Maisie had silenced them for ever when she got her truth in first .