midnight
Ever and anon a cry was heard , `` Bothwell is the murderer ! '' and the multitude shouted , `` Justice , justice ! '' But their cry was not heard . Night after night the trembling citizens watched with candles at their casements , dreading some yet greater alarm ; and in the stillness of the midnight hour a voice was heard crying , `` The Queen and Bothwell are the murderers ! '' and another voice replied , `` Vengeance , vengeance ! -- Blood for blood ! '' Every morning on the walls of the houses writings were seen , demanding the punishment of the regicides -- and the Queen 's name , and the name of Bothwell , and the names of many more , with the Archbishop of St Andrews at their head , were emblazoned on all sides as the names of the regicides .