midnight
`` To-night I waited for him and he did not come . Servants saw me and laughed ; then one man , jeering at me , told me the truth . He has gone with her , and every moment you waste he is speeding from you . More , to make himself doubly secure , men will come here at midnight asking for Mr. Crosby . They will pretend to come from Mistress Lanison , and then capture him . A hasty trial , and then the gibbet . '' `` We 'll follow , '' said Martin .