midnight
How could she be sure -LRB- come to think of it -RRB- that the stout man had not been the lawful caretaker rather than a rival housebreaker ? She had indeed commenced adventures with a vengeance ! The police were bound to learn of the affair all too soon ; her part in it was as certain to become known ; too late she was reminded that the name `` Manvers '' indelibly identified every garment abandoned in the bath-room . Before morning certainly , before midnight probably , Sarah Manvers would be the quarry of a clamorous hue-and-cry . Appalled , she hurried on aimlessly , now and again breaking into desperate little jog-trots , with many a furtive glance over shoulder , with as many questing roundabout for refuge or resource . But the city of that night wore a visage new and strange to her , and terrifying . The very quietness of those few residential blocks , marooned amid ever-rising tides of trade , had an ominous accent .