midnight
All this rushed to my mind at Sapt 's words , and I saw what the constable and James had never forgotten . But what to do I could not see . For the King of Ruritania lay dead . An hour or more had passed since our discovery , and it was now close on midnight . Had all gone well we ought by this time to have been far on our road back to the castle ; by this time Rupert must be miles away from where he had killed the king ; already Mr. Rassendyll would be seeking his enemy in Strelsau . `` But what are we to do about -- about that , then ? '' I asked , pointing with my finger through the doorway towards the bed .