midnight
The other laughed . `` There are others , I trust , will not be foolishly tender with his brother this night . At what hour is the deed to be done ? '' `` By midnight . '' At this Sigurd , who had heard it all , could not refrain from starting where he stood . The men heard him in an instant , and finding themselves thus discovered , rushed with one accord on the hero . Before Sigurd could draw his sword or offer any resistance he was overpowered and held fast by his assailants who , for fear he should cry aloud and alarm the town , threw a cloak over his head and led him off quickly to the castle .