midnight
`` A wise master truly , '' said the Jew , struggling with his exultation . `` What said he next ? '' '' ` While I am honoring their messenger ' -- thus my Lord continued -- ` why not honor the stars ? Their hour is midnight , for then they are all out , from this horizon and that calling unto each other , and merging their influences into the harmony the preachers call the Will of the Most Merciful . A good hour for the meeting . Hear , Mirza -- at midnight -- in this room . Go now . '