midnight
In all this she displayed perfect coolness and foresight . The castle became intensely quiet as the evening advanced . She sat watching the clock . At five minutes before midnight she took her bundle and her little shoes in her hand , blew out her candle , and softly left the room . I need not tell you how I passed all the time from Nino 's leaving me until he came back in the evening , just as I could see from my window that the full moon was touching the tower of the castle . I sat looking out , expecting him , and I was the most anxious professor that ever found himself in a ridiculous position . Temistocle had come , and you know what had passed between us , and how we had arranged the plan of the night .