midnight
And Kriemhild joyfully promised that she would at once embroider a silken lime-leaf on the hero 's coat , just over the fatal spot . And Hagen , well pleased , bade her farewell , and went away . Without delay the chief sought the weak-minded Gunther , and to him he related all that the trustful Kriemhild had told him . And , until the midnight hour , the two plotters sat in the king 's bed-chamber , and laid their cunning plans . Both thought it best , now they had learned the fatal secret , to give up the sham march against the North-kings , and to seek by other and easier means to lure Siegfried to his death . `` The chiefs will be much displeased , '' said Gunther . `` For all will come , ready to march at the rising of the sun .