About six o'clock
A few minutes afterwards , Bloundel returned with the watch , and was greatly enraged when he found that the prisoner had got off . No longer doubting that he had been robbed of his daughter by the Earl of Rochester , he could not make up his mind to abandon her to her fate , and his conflicting feelings occasioned him a night of indescribable anxiety . The party of watch whom he had summoned searched the street for him , and endeavoured to trace out the fugitives , -- but without success ; and they returned before daybreak to report their failure . About six o'clock , Mr. Bloundel , unable to restrain himself longer , sallied forth with Blaize in search of his daughter and Leonard . Uncertain where to bend his steps , he trusted to chance to direct him , resolved , if he were unsuccessful , to lay a petition for redress before the throne . Proceeding along Cheapside , he entered Paternoster-row , and traversed it till he came to Paul 's Alley , -- a narrow passage leading to the north-west corner of the cathedral . Prompted by an unaccountable impulse , he no sooner caught sight of the reverend structure , than he hastened , towards it , and knocked against the great northern door .