midnight
As it was , she twice resolved to bear the suspense no longer , and made a movement to go . The chance of Alessandro 's encountering at Hartsel 's the men sent in pursuit of him and of Baba , loomed in her thoughts into a more and more frightful danger each moment she reflected upon it . It was a most unfortunate suggestion for Alessandro to have made . Her excited fancy went on and on , picturing the possible scenes which might be going on almost within stone 's - throw of where she was sitting , helpless , in the midnight darkness , -- Alessandro seized , tied , treated as a thief , and she , Ramona , not there to vindicate him , to terrify the men into letting him go . She could not bear it ; she would ride boldly to Hartsel 's door . But when she made a motion as if she would go , and said in the soft Spanish , of which Carmena knew no word , but which yet somehow conveyed Ramona 's meaning , `` I must go ! It is too long !