about midnight
_ say ye , the king ca'ed him ? That 's something very bad , is n't it ? An ' surely -- na , na , Andrew couldna be guilty o ` t -- the king maun be a strange sort o ' man . '' But , about midnight , a gentle knocking was heard at the window , and a well-known voice said , in an undertone -- `` Janet ! Janet ! it is me ! '' `` It is _ him _ mother !