midnight
The story created the greatest sensation in Paris and at Lyons at the time . I was then in Paris with my brother , the universally celebrated great doctor , and saw myself the simple peasant , who could perform such miraculous deeds . My brother , who is a very speculating philosopher , repaired hither at this extraordinary discovery , and employed all sorts of remarkable essays , so-called experiments in the presence of persons of distinction , and they succeeded admirably . But the rod must be cut from a hazel branch at midnight , at the full moon , and without uttering a word at the time . '' `` That is superstition , '' said Godfred , `` any rod can answer the purpose , if the hand possesses the gift . '' `` What do you know , '' exclaimed the former , hastily , `` about Philosophia Occulta ? you are always on the side of the sceptics , in everything .