midnight
`` I shall not open the shop to-morrow , '' he said as he ascended the stairs with Guy , `` nor indeed shall I do so until things have settled down . There will be for some time a mighty animosity on the part of these butchers and skinners against me , and it is only reasonable that after such an attack I should close my shop . Those who have dealings with me will know that they can do their business with me in private . And now methinks we will retire to bed ; 't is past midnight , and there is no fear of our being disturbed again . If they send anyone to spy out whether we are on the watch , the sight of the Burgundian soldiers below will suffice to tell them that there is nothing to be done . The first thing tomorrow I will set the carpenters to work to make me an even stronger pair of doors than those that have been spoilt . '' On going into Dame Margaret 's apartments Guy found that she had again retired to rest , and at once threw himself on his bed without disrobing himself further than taking off his armour , for he felt that it was possible the assailants might return after finding that the Burgundian knights and men-at-arms had ridden away .