midnight
A mighty shout rose from the crowd , and it was some minutes before the speaker could continue . `` Following on the heels of our flying foes , we entered the city , and Bruges is ours . '' Another shout , as enthusiastic as the first , again interrupted him . `` A great train of waggons filled with wine and provisions was to start at midnight , and will be here to-morrow morning at daybreak . Herds will be driven in , and dispatched at once . By to-morrow night , therefore , the famine will be at an end , and every man , woman , and child in Ghent will be able to eat their fill . '' Those at the door shouted the glad news to the multitude in the square , and a roar like that of the sea answered , and echoed the shouts in the hall .