midnight
To Emily it appeared a spot exactly suited for the retreat of banditti , and , in her imagination , she already saw them lurking under the brow of some projecting rock , whence their shadows , lengthened by the setting sun , stretched across the road , and warned the traveller of his danger . She shuddered at the idea , and , looking at her conductors , to observe whether they were armed , thought she saw in them the banditti she dreaded ! It was in this glen , that they proposed to alight , `` For , '' said Ugo , `` night will come on presently , and then the wolves will make it dangerous to stop . '' This was a new subject of alarm to Emily , but inferior to what she suffered from the thought of being left in these wilds , at midnight , with two such men as her present conductors . Dark and dreadful hints of what might be Montoni 's purpose in sending her hither , came to her mind . She endeavoured to dissuade the men from stopping , and enquired , with anxiety , how far they had yet to go . `` Many leagues yet , '' replied Bertrand .