midnight
The warder on duty looked from the wicket , and spoke to the pursuivant in whispers . In a few minutes the Lieutenant of the Tower appeared , received , and granted an acknowledgment for the body of Nigel , Lord Glenvarloch . Ye towers of Julius ! London 's lasting shame ; With many a foul and midnight murder fed ! _ Gray . _ Such is the exclamation of Gray . Bandello , long before him , has said something like it ; and the same sentiment must , in some shape or other , have frequently occurred to those , who , remembering the fate of other captives in that memorable state-prison , may have had but too much reason to anticipate their own .