midnight
`` What more can I do ? '' moaned Euphra , succeeding at length in raising herself to a sitting posture , and leaning thus against a tree . `` I shall be found out some day . I have been already seen wandering through the house at midnight , with the heart of a thief . I hate you , Count Halkar ! '' A low laugh was the count 's only reply . `` And now Lady Euphrasia herself dogs my steps , to keep me from the ring . ''