midnight
You did n't see any policemen about ? '' `` No . They could be hiding unknown to me . '' `` Depend upon it , they were interested spectators of the midnight evolutions . I know there are some fellows in the village in receipt of secret service money , and all these poor boys ' names are in the Castle archives . But what is worse , this means anti-clericalism , and consequently abstention from Sacraments , and a long train of evils besides . It must be handled gently . ''