midnight
`` The man is a religious fanatic , '' said one of the Council to another ; `` probably one of the street preachers . '' The Prince drew two or three of the leaders together , and they whispered for a few minutes . Then he went to the door and spoke to Rudolph . I caught a few words : `` Not leave -- alive -- send for Macarius -- midnight -- garden . '' Rudolph advanced and took me by the arm . The revulsion had come . I was dazed -- overwhelmed .