It seemed as if, contrary to the words of the clergyman, the revellers within there did not mean to await the rosy dawn glass in hand, but had lain down early.
For, indeed, it was still early.

The village cocks had only just crowed for the first time.

It could not be much beyond eleven.
After the lamps had been extinguished, the castle stood there in the semi-obscurity of night like a black, old-world ruin.

It stood right in front of the moon which was now climbing up behind its bastions and where its light fell upon two opposite windows which met together in a corner room it shone through them both and lighted up the whole apartment.

This room was the baroness's dormitory.
While Mr.Gerzson was luxuriating in the contemplation of the moonlight, he suddenly observed that the moonlight falling upon the windows was obscured for an instant, as if somebody were passing up and down the room.