midnight
If I had been in the cellar when you took me , I would at once have blown up all . '' `` Keep a strong guard on this caitiff , '' said Sir Thomas , `` and you , Doubleday , see to the cellar . I will to his Majesty . '' As he left Percy 's house , midnight tolled out on the clock of the Abbey . The fifth of November had begun . Sir Thomas Knevet left his prisoner under guard , and returned to the King . Late as it was , his Majesty had not retired .