midnight
Vely Bey sent her to Lepanto , and kept her in hiding there with his little son in order that she might be far from his father . And now the bey himself hastened to Lepanto , arrived at night in the neighborhood of the town , and perceived already from afar that the citadel in which he had concealed his darlings was in flames . What if he had arrived too late ! With the fury of a savage wild tiger he flung himself upon the besieging Pehliván , and in a midnight battle routed him beneath the walls of Lepanto , the Albanians fighting desperately by the side of their leader . But what was the use of it ? The fortress was saved , indeed , but it was already in flames . Vely , roaring with grief and pain , flung himself on the gate , scarcely recognizing again the place he had quitted so short a time ago .