midnight
`` Sire , '' said Earl Douglas , `` it is late and the hour of midnight is drawing nigh . Will your majesty be pleased to conclude the feast ? For you well know that at mid-night we must be over there in the green summer-house , and it is a long way there . '' `` Yes , yes , at midnight ! '' muttered the king . `` At midnight the carnival is at an end ; and we shall tear off our mask , and show our wrathful countenance to the criminals ! At midnight we must be over in the green summer-house .