midnight
She was aware of the part Monte-Cristo had played in his enemy 's fall and disgrace , and did not deem it prudent to awaken the bitter recollections of the lurid and dreadful past . Mlle. d' Armilly also said nothing in reference to the reappearance of Danglars , but it was very clear to the observant Zuleika that she expected and dreaded further harm from Monte-Cristo 's revengeful enemy . At night she locked herself in her chamber , and , notwithstanding the almost unbearable heat of the weather , securely closed and fastened all her windows . The Count himself was as reserved as ever , never once mentioning either the midnight invasion of his mansion or the unexpected advent of his most deadly foe . To everybody in the household he seemed either to have forgotten or to have succeeded in dismissing from his mind those events so fraught with excitement and possibilities of future disaster . But Monte-Cristo , though he preserved an impassible exterior , had neither forgotten nor dismissed them . He had simply applied to himself his own famous maxim , `` Wait and Hope . ''