About midnight
How I envy them that best of blessings , only may they not also go before me ! '' Here she lowered her voice , and in a scarcely audible whisper murmured : `` You shall know it . My son Satabus , with his brave boys Hanno and Labaja , are coming later in the evening . About midnight -- if ye protect them , ye powers above -- they will be with me . And you , child , I know your soul to its inmost depths . Before you would betray the last of Abus 's kindred -- '' `` My hand and tongue should wither ! '' Ledscha passionately interrupted , and then , with zealous feminine solicitude , she asked whether the three ducks would suffice to satisfy the hunger of these strong men .