midnight
And she my one ewe lamb who ought to have lain in my bosom . I clamored long at the gate ere I could make the drowsy jailer hear . As the minutes slipped away I grew more and more wild with fear and anger . At midnight I must face the Duke , and it was after ten -- how long I knew not , but I feared every moment that I might hear the brazen clang as the hammer struck eleven . For time seemed to make no impression on me at all that night . At last the man came , shuffling , grumbling , and cursing , from his truckle-bed . `` What twice-condemned drunken roysterer may you be , that hath mistaken the prison of Duke Otho for a trull-house ?