midnight
Do we hate them , we all ? '' `` By the oath of the Green Cap , '' they cried all together . `` Well , we _ were _ vagabonds , '' he continued , `` in the Morlaix woods . Our great fire lit up the pines at midnight and our men of rags crept up on all sides to the feast . Some brought white bread , some black , some a pigeon or two from the lord 's dovecotes , and every one his bottle of wine . There we told what we were doing and planned the campaign . You may swear we were jolly that night .