about midnight
The more intimate Zoë became with Lajos , the more uncomfortable she felt when he looked at her , as he frequently did , with undisguised contempt . She was wholly under his influence and was afraid of him , and one day , while he was playing with her dark curls , he said jeeringly : `` It is usually said that contrasts usually attract each other , and yet you are as dark as I am . '' She smiled , and then tore off her black curls , and immediately the most charming , fair-haired woman was sitting by the side of Lajos , who looked at her attentively , but without any surprise . He left his mistress at about midnight , in order to look after the horses , as he said , and she put on a very pretty nightdress and went to bed . She remained awake for fully an hour , expecting her lover , and then she went to sleep , but in two hours ' time she was roused from her slumbers , and saw a police inspector and two constables by the side of her magnificent bed . `` Whom do you want ? '' she cried .