About midnight
Every child knows of him ; but bandits , witches , and painted damsels know him best of all . Michal 's idea of these last three species of mankind was very vague ; she had never even heard tell of them before . She , too , told the hostess whence she came , whither she was going , and how she had only been married the day before , and this was the first night that she and her husband had ever slept under the same roof . About midnight Henry Catsrider came to his wife , and told her that the region was not safe . The mountain path over which they had to go was occupied by a band of robbers , and the number of the robbers was great . It is true the caravan was also numerous , but the members of it could not agree among themselves as to what was the best thing to be done . The Polish nobleman , who had many musketeers with him , said that he had not come all that distance to be shot down like a dog .