midnight
` I have heard , too , that he languishes in ... ' ` An evil mansion ! ' said Julia , catching only the first sentence . ` Why so ? ' ` The orgies of his midnight leisure are impure and polluted -- at least , so says rumor . ' ` By Ceres , by Pan , and by Cybele ! thou dost but provoke my curiosity , instead of exciting my fears , ' returned the wayward and pampered Pompeian . ` I will seek and question him of his lore .