midnight
Dorchester gaol was full of suspected people , who were kept in prison indefinitely , without trial , in very great discomfort . King James was afraid , he did not really know of what , so he took measures not so much to prevent trouble as to avenge his own fear . Mr. Blick used to send me to the prison every morning with loaves of fresh bread for the prisoners . At last , after midnight , in the night of the 11th of June , a memorable day for the West , riders came in with news which destroyed the night 's rest of the town . Monmouth had landed at Lyme the evening before , after sailing about in sight of the town all day . That was news indeed . It made a strange uproar in the streets .