midnight
So ended the famous visit to Hermitage , which was interpreted throughout Scotland as a token of Mary 's love for her favourite earl . Konrad , a month afterwards , was sent to Edinburgh and confined in the old tower of Holyrood , awaiting trial as a Border outlaw . Bothwell himself soon followed , and celebrated his return by a wild revel in company with Hob of Ormiston and other choice spirits . As the revellers wandered through the narrow streets at midnight , seeking a quarrel , they passed the house of Dame Alison Craig . `` My page tells me , '' said Bothwell , `` there is a famous foreign beauty concealed there . Ho ! within ! ''