midnight
He had been seen to board a train bound for Montreal . The Scotch delight in grim humor . These rumors reached the police at their meals , and there was a scramble for firearms and a rush for the wagons . They reached them at midnight , while they were dreaming of terrific encounters with murderous outlaws in the heart of the forest , and there was a wild rush into the darkness . A few of Donald 's nearest friends , who had escaped arrest , and started the rumors to favor the movements of the outlaw , laughed sardonically at the labors they imposed upon the police . `` Had we never loved sae kindly , Had we never loved sae blindly , Never met and never parted , We had ne'er been broken-hearted . '' Ideal love does not ask conventional recognition .