midnight
Then she left him , taking the light with her , and Barney heard a key turn in the lock of the door after she had closed it . Presently her footfalls died out as she descended to the lower floors . `` Anyhow , '' thought the American , `` this is better than the Austrians . I do n't know what Stefan will do with me , but I have a rather vivid idea of what the Austrians would have done to me if they 'd caught me sneaking through the alleys of Burgova at midnight . '' Throwing himself on the cot Barney was soon asleep , for though his predicament was one that , under ordinary circumstances might have made sleep impossible , yet he had so long been without the boon of slumber that tired nature would no longer be denied . When he awoke it was broad daylight . The sun was pouring in through a skylight in the ceiling of his tiny chamber .