midnight
They rode all that day , unable to make out where they were being taken , or who their mysterious captors were , and at last night came . All the while the men were calling them all kinds of names , such as `` bloodthirsty lions , '' `` cannibals , '' `` murderous Polyphemes '' etc. ; and Sancho was scared out of his wits , while Don Quixote was at his wits ends . Both were convinced that some terrible misfortune was in store for them , and they could only pray that they would get out of it as easily as possible . Before they knew it , it was midnight , and soon after that Don Quixote recognized a castle , which he saw in the distance , as that of the Duke . He was amazed when he found that the men were taking him there , and he said to himself : `` God bless me ! What does this mean ? It is all courtesy and politeness in this house ; but with the vanquished , good turns into evil , and evil into worse . ''