midnight
It was a grewsome sight . Straightway there was an ear-splitting explosion of thunder , and the bottom of heaven fell out ; the rain poured down in a deluge . No matter , we must try to cut this man down , on the chance that there might be life in him yet , must n't we ? The lightning came quick and sharp now , and the place was alternately noonday and midnight . One moment the man would be hanging before me in an intense light , and the next he was blotted out again in the darkness . I told the king we must cut him down . The king at once objected .