two after midnight
Thou art too well known for a puritan -- roundhead they call thee ; and thou hast given them and theirs too many hard knocks , my son , to look they should be willing to let thee gaze on the wonders of their great house . Else , being that I am a friend to thee and thine , I would gladly -- . But , as I say , it boots nothing -- although I have a son , who being more of the king 's part than I am -- . ' ` Hast thou not then art enough , mother , to set me within Raglan walls for an hour or two after midnight ? I ask no more , ' said Richard , who , although he was but leading the way to quite another proposal , nor desired aid of art black or white , yet could not help a little tremor at making the bare suggestion of the unhallowed idea . ` An ' I had , I dared not use it , ' answered the old woman ; ` for is not my lord Herbert there ? Were it not for him -- well -- .