nearly midnight
`` I have no children , and my distant heir has no right to blame me for my conduct , '' he said , when remonstrated with for this proceeding . `` I have , besides , One to whom I am first answerable , and He I am sure approves of it . '' There was , however , a large amount of plate and valuables of various sorts in the castle : these he had carried to a place of concealment , such as most buildings of the sort in those days were provided with . These arrangements were not concluded till nearly midnight . He then set out unaccompanied , and took his way to the hut of old Moretz . The next day , when the insurgents returned , they found the castle of Furstenburg deserted . Some of their leaders urged them to burn it to the ground , in consequence of having been tricked , by its owner .