About midnight
He was turned out of the palace as a madman . He returned home , and the Devil received him with a triumphant air . Faustus said nothing , but gnashed his teeth , and , in his venomous wrath , rejoiced that he was entirely separated from the race of man . About midnight the Count caused the Devil and Faustus to be arrested , and cast into a frightful dungeon . Faustus commanded the fiend to submit quietly , because he wished to see how far these hypocrites would carry their wickedness . When in prison , the dreadful scene of the day flitted before his mind 's eye in colours of tenfold horror ; and wild thoughts against Him who rules the destiny of man arose from the contemplation of it . His soul became inflamed ; and at length he exclaimed , with scornful laughter : `` Where is here the finger of the Godhead , and where is that Providence which presides over the path of the righteous ?