midnight
Thus they parted . Rofflash was right . He _ had _ seen Lavinia enter the Old Bailey coffee house . Hannah was sitting up expecting her -- she had arranged as much with Lavinia -- and she became terribly uneasy when midnight sounded from half a dozen church clocks and the girl still absent . Hannah 's bedroom overlooked the Old Bailey and now and again she leaned out of the window , her eyes towards Ludgate Hill . Lavinia was bound to come in this direction . Sure enough about half-past twelve Hannah caught sight of a cloaked figure stealing along in the centre of the roadway .