midnight
Then she shaked her head and sayd , Away fool as thou art , thinkest thou to play the glutton here and to looke for dainty meats where so long time hath not been seene any smoke at all ? Commest thou hither to eat , where we should weepe and lament ? And therewithall she turned backe , and commanded her maiden Myrrhena to deliver me a lampe with oyle , which when shee had done they closed the chamber doore and departed . Now when I was alone , I rubbed myne eyes , and armed my selfe to keep the corpes , and to the intent I would not sleepe , I began to sing , and so I passed the time until it was midnight , when as behold there crept in a Wesel into the chamber , and she came against me and put me in very great feare , insomuch that I marvelled greatly at the audacity of so little a beast . To whom I said , get thou hence thou whore and hie thee to thy fellowes , lest thou feele my fingers . Why wilt thou not goe ? Then incontinently she ranne away , and when she was gon , I fell on the ground so fast asleepe , that Apollo himself could not discern which of us two was the dead corps , for I lay prostrat as one without life , and needed a keeper likewise .