Psyche returns to her bedchambers and is greeted by an unknown visitor.

vesperā suādente: abl. absolute. Suādeō here means “urge, compel.”

clēmēns quīdam sonus aurēs eius accēdit: An unknown sound has entered Psȳchē’s bedchambers; this is distinct from the intangible sounds Psȳchē describes in the previous chapter, as we can infer from the following sentence, where she begins to shake and tremble in fear.

prō tanta sōlitūdine: prō + abl: here, “in the face of.”

quōvīs mālō plūs timet quod ignōrat: abl. of comparison: “more than (she fears) any danger, she fears what she does not know.”

et uxorem sibi Psȳchēn fecerat: This is a euphemistic way of saying that the ignobilis maritus has raped Psȳchē, taking her virginity and apparently bonding Psȳchē to him in marriage.

aderat…inscenderat…fēcerat…discesserat…. These successive pluperfects will become typical for Cupid’s nocturnal visits.

interfectae virginitātis: gen. of specification with curant (A&G §349d), a metaphor for Psȳchē’s being “deflowered.”

haec diūtinō tempore sīc agēbantur: haec refers to the coming and going of Psȳchē’s intruder, who returns night after night to commit the same offense against her.

atque ut est nātūrā redditum: lit. “as has been brought about by nature;” more idiomatically, “as is usually the case.”