midnight
The mysterious vailed woman , supposed to be connected with the robbery and murder at Lone Castle , has been found and arrested . The stolen property has been discovered in her possession . And she -- you will be infinitely shocked -- she proves to be Rose Cameron , the daughter of one of our shepherds , living near Ben Lone . '' We must return to the night of the murder , and to the man and woman whom Salome Levison heard , and did not merely `` dream '' that she heard , conversing under her balcony at midnight . When left alone in her dark and silent hiding-place , the woman waited long and impatiently . Sometimes she crept out from her shadowy nook , and stole a look up to the casements of the castle , but they were all dark and silent , and closely shut , save one immediately above her head , which stood open , though neither lighted nor occupied . She had waited perhaps an hour when stealthy footsteps were heard approaching , and not one , but two men came up whispering in hurried and agitated tones .