about ten
o'clock at night
This account did not agree with that given by Mary , who had said that she saw John Connal on the previous night . William Glenday became , in his turn , suspicious of John , and now began to think that he was acting dishonourably by his daughter -- a circumstance that would , of itself , account for her state of health and spirits . He , however , said nothing , and departed . Two nights afterwards , when William Glenday returned home about ten o'clock at night , he was told that Mary had gone out ; and the servant said she thought there was some strange noise at the window before she departed . Her father was now satisfied that she had left the house to meet John , and resolved to go himself and ascertain the truth of his suspicions . He went and called at John 's house ; and having found that he had not yet come in , went away to the darkest parts of the neighbourhood , to see if he could discover whither they had gone . He had not proceeded far when he met two men carrying a female .