midnight
he repeated loudly . . `` Ask her why the mighty Zephoranim creeps in and out the Sacred Temple at midnight like a skulking slave instead of a King ! ... at midnight , when he should be shut within his palace walls , playing the fool among his women ! I warrant 't is not piety that persuades him to wander through the underground Passage of the Tombs alone and in disguise ! Sah-luma ! ... pretty pampered hound as thou art !