midnight
And she said , ` Wrestle with him thou seest on the Horse Garraveen , and fling him from his seat . ' Then he yelled a glad yell , and stooped to Shibli Bagarag on the horse and enveloped him , and seized him , and plucked him from the Horse , and whirled him round , and flung him off . The youth went circling in the air , high in it , and descended , circling , at a distance in the deep meadow-waters . When he crept up the banks he saw the Genie astride the Horse Garraveen , with a black flame round his head ; and the Genie urged him to speed and put him to the gallop , and was soon lost to sight , as he had been a thunderbeam passing over a still lake at midnight . And Shibli Bagarag was smitten with the wrong and the folly of his act , and sought to hide his sight from Noorna ; but she called to him , ` Look up , O youth ! and face the calamity . Lo , we have now lost the service of Karaz !