midnight
As soon as I was able to travel , my mother took me to Europe , and for five years we lived in Paris , Naples , or wandered to and fro . Then she came home , and I plunged into the heart of Asia . After two years I returned to Paris , and gave myself up to every species of dissipation . I drank , gambled , and my midnight carousals would sicken your soul were I to paint all their hideousness . You have read in the Scriptures of persons possessed of devils ? A savage , mocking , tearing devil held me in bondage . I sold myself to my Mephistopheles on condition that my revenge might be complete .