midnight
said Emmeline ; `` what if they should hear you ? '' `` If they do hear anything , it will make them very particular to keep away , '' said Cassy . `` No danger ; we may make any noise we please , and it will only add to the effect . '' At length the stillness of midnight settled down over the house . Legree , cursing his ill luck , and vowing dire vengeance on the morrow , went to bed . The Martyr `` Deem not the just by Heaven forgot ! Though life its common gifts deny , -- Though , with a crushed and bleeding heart , And spurned of man , he goes to die !