midnight
His eccentric fashion of acting had given him fame in the army , but Jenna stormed at it now , and begged him to come on and present himself to General Schoneck , if not to General Pierson . Wilfrid refused even to look behind him . In fact , it was a part of the gallant fellow 's coxcombry -LRB- or nationality -RRB- to play the Englishman . He remained fixed by the housedoor till midnight , when a body of men in the garb of citizens , volubly and violently Italian in their talk , struck thrice at the door . Wilfrid perceived Count Lenkenstein among them . The ladies Bianca , Anna , and Lena issued mantled and hooded between the lights of two barricade watchfires . Wilfrid stepped after them .