midnight
As he went , however , he fell in with his two comrades , now returning to draw him out of the well ; who no sooner saw him than in utter amazement they demanded who had hauled him up . Andreuccio answered that he knew not , and then told them in detail how it had come about , and what he had found beside the well . They laughed as they apprehended the circumstances , and told him why they had fled , and who they were that had hauled him up . Then without further parley , for it was now midnight , they hied them to the cathedral . They had no difficulty in entering and finding the tomb , which was a magnificent structure of marble , and with their iron implements they raised the lid , albeit it was very heavy , to a height sufficient to allow a man to enter , and propped it up . This done , a dialogue ensued . `` Who shall go in ? ''