eleven o’clock
Michel did not insist , and retired , saying that Mademoiselle might , in any case , sleep in peace , for he and Jacques would make the rounds of the house during the night . Amélie at first seemed anxious about those rounds ; but she soon noticed that Michel and Jacques contented themselves with watching on the edge of the forest of Seillon , and the frequent appearance of a jugged hare , or a haunch of venison on the table , proved to her that Michel kept his word regarding the promised rounds . She therefore ceased to trouble about Michel 's rounds , which were always on the side of the house opposite to that where she feared them . Now , as we have said , three days after the events we have just related , or , to speak more correctly , during the night following the third day , those who were accustomed to see no light save in Amélie 's windows on the first floor and Charlotte 's on the third , might have observed with surprise that , from eleven o'clock until midnight , the four windows on the first floor were illuminated . It is true that each was lighted by a single wax-candle . They might also have seen the figure of a young girl through the shades , staring in the direction of the village of Ceyzeriat . This young girl was Amélie , pale , breathing with difficulty , and seeming to watch anxiously for a signal .