midnight
Before I left , however , I put into the post a note dated Paris , and addressed to Julie , which she would receive on waking . The note only contained these words : `` I have followed you , I have watched over you though invisible . I would not leave you without knowing that you were under the care of those who love you . Last night , at midnight , when you opened the window , and looked at the star , and sighed , I was there ! You might have heard my voice . When you read these lines I shall be far away ! '' I travelled day and night in such complete dizziness of thought that I felt neither cold , hunger nor distance , and arrived at M -- as if awaking from a dream , and scarcely remembered that I had been to Paris .