midnight
Did not Edric mock them in his heart ! I should like to strangle him . '' How I thought of those who tithed mint and rue , and all manner of herbs , and passed over justice , mercy , and the love of God . So , in unavailing complaints , midnight drew on , and we heard the sound of my brother 's horse . He soon entered the room . We saw at a glance that he had laboured in vain , and spent his strength for nought . `` No one has seen him , '' he said .