midnight
Next minute he saw clearly , and found himself confronted by the proctors of the university , who regarded him with stern faces . Who had given them warning that Garret had returned to Oxford has never , I believe , been known -- at least there is no mention of this made in the history of the known facts . But some person must have recognized the man , tracked him to his lair , and set the bulldogs of the cardinal upon him . He was taken at midnight upon the night of his secret return , and now stood a helpless prisoner in the hands of those set upon his track . He looked at them with calm fearlessness . His spirit rose to the peril , and his mien was dauntless . `` Upon what charge am I arrested ? ''