about midnight
` Has Magny , ' we asked , ` robbed the Jew , or has his intrigue been discovered ? ' In either case , my claims on the Countess Ida were likely to meet with serious drawbacks : and I began to feel that my ` great card ' was played and perhaps lost . Well , it WAS lost : though I say , to this day , it was well and gallantly played . After supper -LRB- which we never for fear of consequences took during play -RRB- I became so agitated in my mind as to what was occurring that I determined to sally out about midnight into the town , and inquire what was the real motive of Magny 's apprehension . A sentry was at the door , and signified to me that I and my uncle were under arrest . We were left in our quarters for six weeks , so closely watched that escape was impossible , had we desired it ; but , as innocent men , we had nothing to fear . Our course of life was open to all , and we desired and courted inquiry .