about midnight
In my anxiety I tried to convey a note to him , written upon a leaf of a water-gained pocket-book , but the yellow-faced servant refused to touch it , and Simbri said drily that he would have naught to do with writings which he could not read . At length , on the third night I made up my mind that whatever the risk , with leave or without it , I would try to find him . By this time I could walk well , and indeed was almost strong again . So about midnight , when the moon was up , for I had no other light , I crept from my bed , threw on my garments , and taking a knife , which was the only weapon I possessed , opened the door of my room and started . Now , when I was carried from the rock-chamber where Leo and I had been together , I took note of the way . First , reckoning from my sleeping-place , there was a passage thirty paces long , for I had counted the footfalls of my bearers . Then came a turn to the left , and ten more paces of passage , and lastly near certain steps running to some place unknown , another sharp turn to the right which led to our old chamber .