midnight
And the man in black drained the last drop in his glass . ` Never , ' said I , ` will I become the slave of Rome . ' ` She will allow you latitude , ' said the man in black ; ` do but serve her , and she will allow you to call her `` puta '' at a decent time and place , her Popes occasionally call her `` puta . '' A Pope has been known to start from his bed at midnight and rush out into the corridor , and call out `` puta '' three times in a voice which pierced the Vatican ; that Pope was -- ' ` Alexander the Sixth , I dare say , ' said I ; ` the greatest monster that ever existed , though the worthiest head which the popish system ever had -- so his conscience was not always still . I thought it had been seared with a brand of iron . ' ` I did not allude to him , but to a much more modern Pope , ' said the man in black ; ` it is true he brought the word , which is Spanish , from Spain , his native country , to Rome . He was very fond of calling the Church by that name , and other Popes have taken it up .