midnight
Look , look , at the shining ones ! Oh , let me go and be at rest ! '' As if waiting for this petition , the Angel of Death severed the golden thread , and he was in heaven . At midnight the messenger came . They called Frado to see his last struggle . Sinking on her knees at the foot of his bed , she buried her face in the clothes , and wept like one inconsolable . They led her from the room .