one o'clock in the morning
`` We were utterly disgusted . Monseigneur did not say a word , and we left the cell . This dungeon was situated , as well as the house , on the seashore . We returned to our brig , which was moored a short distance off , and at one o'clock in the morning , when all in the building were plunged in profound sleep , monseigneur went on shore with eight men well armed , and , going straight to the prison , burst open the doors , and freed David and Cecily . The two victims were carried on board so quietly that they were not perceived ; and then monseigneur and I went to the planter 's house . Strange contrast ! These men torture their slaves , and yet do not take any precaution against them , but sleep with doors and windows open .