midnight
Five years had Ulrich lived in wedlock , and yet his wife had borne no heir of either sex . '' ` But hold , ' I said , ` all is not lost . ' A saving scheme had shot athwart my brain . You were born at midnight . Only the leech , the nurse , and six waiting-women knew your sex . I hanged them every one before an hour had sped . Next morning all the barony went mad with rejoicing over the proclamation that a son was born to Klugenstein , an heir to mighty Brandenburgh !