midnight
And now , enough of the stupid business . And will you please , Henrietta , look after my guests while I lie here in swaddling bands ? All I want is a couple of days of rest and then I shall be on my legs again . '' Towards midnight Henrietta disappeared from among her guests and went to enquire after Leonard ; but she found his chamber door locked , and received no answer to her gentle enquiries , from which she gathered that Leonard was still dozing . She did not want to disturb him , and as her husband 's guests , judging by the noise they made , had evidently begun to amuse themselves in real earnest after her departure , she did not return to them , but hastened to her own chamber . How amazed was she to find Anicza there closeted with Clementina ! The Roumanian girl had been awaiting Henrietta for some time , and Clementina thought it quite natural to conduct her into her mistress 's sleeping-room , imagining that there was some monetary transaction between them , of which the baron and the domestics need know nothing .