midnight
After passing the precincts of the Temple , the two men wished each other fortune and separated -- the Roman to Nika , and Chios to wonder at the twin symbol which graced the bosom of Saronia . He broke the seal of the parchment ; between the folds he saw a tiny scrap . He read it -- the other was nothing to him . ` To-morrow , when midnight has passed , haste to the bend of the river Cayster , which flows by the grove of Hecate . Fear nothing . The child of the Bride of Britain will be there . ' It was from Saronia , and he feared for her .