midnight
`` It is not your lives that I seek . Go with your women . No harm shall be done you . Make good your escape , for I swear that after midnight I shall lead my people against their enemies , and he who falls into their hands need not hope for mercy . '' `` And I also swear an oath , Rajah Nehal Singh ! Not one of us will leave Marut . The men will remain at their posts , and the women will stand by them . ''