midnight
Oh , Morning ! `` Meantime a moving scene was open laid , That lazar house . '' -- THOMSON 'S _ Castle of Indolence _ . It was near midnight . At the mouth of the lane in which Gawtrey resided there stood four men . Not far distant , in the broad street at angles with the lane , were heard the wheels of carriages and the sound of music . A lady , fair in form , tender of heart , stainless in repute , was receiving her friends !