midnight
`` They waited till the very last moment , thinking that Velagic might be killed , or some other unforeseen circumstance might take place ; but they had no _ Kismet _ , for the _ Dizdar _ seemed to have a charmed life ; he had already got together about two hundred and ninety heads . How he had got them , nobody could understand , for he had never received the slightest wound in any of his many fights . `` The last time the lovers met , they agreed that the day upon which Velagic brought the ten last heads they would make their escape . Hussein , upon that night , was to be on the rocks at the foot of the castle , somewhere near the place occupied by the harem ; then , at midnight , when all the town had sunk into rest , and all the lights were extinguished , Ayesha would put a taper by her window to guide him if everything was ready for their flight . After the _ muezzin _ had called the faithful to prayers , she would open the lattice and throw out a rope-ladder , by means of which he would climb up into the castle . There he was to be received by the eunuch that had hitherto befriended him -- be led to her chamber-door . From there they would pass by an underground passage , the keys of which she had .