About an hour after midnight
`` Go to ! Art such a fool as to think that _ either _ sword will be drawn for _ my _ beauty 's sake ? '' That night I had but little sleep . About an hour after midnight there was a great stir in the house and the sound of opening doors and hurrying footsteps . The unwonted noises terrified me . I leaned against the door , with a heart beating thickly , and I listened . What evil tidings did those sounds portend ?