midnight
` The loss is irreparable , ' sighed Josephine -- ` what divine raptures we used to enjoy in the ` Sanctuary of the Graces ! ' And there , too , was my elegant wardrobe and that heavenly French bed ! ' These two abandoned women then retired to their respective chambers , to await the coming of Radcliff . At midnight he came . He was admitted into the house by Mrs. Franklin , and conducted to the chamber of Sophia , which he entered by means of a duplicate key furnished him by the perfidious mother . The libertine had not observed , on entering the house , that he was followed by a man at a short distance . He was too intent upon the accomplishment of his vile desire , to notice the close proximity of one who was determined to oppose him in its execution .