midnight
She must assure herself that her victim was in the right state to execute minutely all her commands . Then she opened the door upon the corridor and listened . Not a sound broke the intense stillness , and all was dark . The hanging lamp had been extinguished and the nuns had all returned from the midnight service to their cells . No one would be stirring now until four o'clock , and half an hour was all that Unorna needed . She took Beatrice 's hand . The dark woman rose with half-closed eyes and set features .