midnight
To go to the castle would be madness . '' `` Yes , '' replied I : `` but can not you give me one of your horses to return the way I came ? '' `` That was our intention ; but I find that the O'Tooles have taken them all out of the stable to prevent me ; and the house is watched . They will come at midnight and attack us , that I fully expect , and how to conceal you puzzles my poor head . '' `` If they come , we can but persuade them that he has escaped , '' replied Kathleen ; `` they will no longer watch the house , and he will then have some chance . '' `` There is but one chance , '' replied the mother , who took Kathleen aside , and whispered to her . Kathleen coloured to the forehead , and made no reply .