midnight
How they spring up into the black darkness . '' `` They will not do it long . Look at the sky , my lord . '' The earl glanced up at the midnight sky , of a dull and dingy red color , except where black and heavy clouds were heaving like angry billows , all dingy with smoke and streaked with bars of fiery red . `` I see ! There is a storm coming , and a heavy one ! Our worthy burghers and most worshipful Lord Mayor will see their fires extinguished shortly , and themselves sent home with wet jackets . ''