midnight
... Then she would sit down in the monks ' cemetery vainly awaiting the apparition of the ghostly friar to enliven her monotonous existence with a novel adventure . One night during Carnival season Cartuja was invaded by `` Moors . '' They were young men from Palma , who , after having overrun the town disguised as Berbers , thought of the `` French woman , '' ashamed , no doubt , at the isolation in which she was held by the townspeople . They arrived at midnight , with their songs and guitars breaking the mysterious calm of the monastery , frightening away the birds perched in the ruins . In one corner of the cell they danced Spanish dances which Chopin watched attentively with his fever-lighted eyes , while the novelist flitted from group to group , experiencing the simple joy of the bourgeoise at finding herself not forgotten . This was her single happy night in Majorca . Afterward , with the return of spring , the `` beloved invalid '' felt relief and they began a leisurely return to Paris .