midnight
He had hoped his father would be in the study as he so often was . He would not feel alone then . But that night Mr. Meredith had been summoned to the fishing village at the harbour mouth to see a dying man . He would not likely be back until after midnight . Carl must dree his weird alone . A Glen man went past carrying a lantern . The mysterious shadows caused by the lantern-light went hurtling madly over the graveyard like a dance of demons or witches .