midnight
thou wouldst go back to virtue and content . It is in vain , -- it is too late . No , _ I _ will not haunt thee ; HUMAN footsteps , no less inexorable , dog thee now . Me thou shalt not see again till in the dungeon , at midnight , before thy doom ! Behold -- '' And Glyndon , mechanically turning his head , saw , close behind him , the stealthy figure of a man whom he had observed before , but with little heed , pass and repass him , as he quitted the house of Citizen C -- . Instantly and instinctively he knew that he was watched , -- that he was pursued . The street he was in was obscure and deserted , for the day was oppressively sultry , and it was the hour when few were abroad , either on business or pleasure .