midnight
It happened in this way . One of our men followed the woman who lived with Neri , one Teresa , and traced her up to a certain point , the corner of a narrow mountain pass -- where she disappeared . He reported this , and thereupon we sent out an armed party . These crept at midnight two by two , till they were formed in a close ring round the place where Neri was judged to be . With the first beam of morning they rushed in upon him and took him prisoner . It appears that he showed no surprise -- he merely said , ` I expected you ! ' He was found sitting by the dead body of his mistress ; she was stabbed and newly bleeding .