midnight
Leaving , then , Sir Marmaduke seated in the centre of his cage , we towards night returned to the cutter , first scattering two or three quarters of fresh beef in the vicinity of the cage . '' `` That should have assembled all the tigers in Coromandel , '' said Fritz . `` Anyhow , it brought enough . Towards midnight Sir Marmaduke could count thirty noble brutes capering in the moonlight and feasting upon the beef that had been provided for them . '' `` What did the Englishman do then ? '' `` He took aim at the most magnificent specimen of the herd and fired . No sooner had he done this than the whole pack came scampering towards the cage , thinking , doubtless , they had nothing to do but scrunch the bones of the solitary hunter .