So,half an hour later,i,too,left Tarlenheim.I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat,I hid my horse in the trees,tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water.Slowly,I began to swim along under the castle walls.Just after a quarter to one,I came to the pipe and waited quietly in its shadow.Light was coming from Duke Michael's window opposite me across the moat,and I could see into the room.The next window along,which Johann had said was Antoinette's room,was dark.