midnight
The squire turned round with a frown . ` What the deuce are you dawdling about , Benson ? Give me my stick and get me out of this . ' By midnight all was still in the vast pile of Murewell . Outside , the night was slightly frosty . A clear moon shone over the sloping reaches of the park ; the trees shone silverly in the cold light , their black shadows cast along the grass . Robert found himself quartered in the Stuart room , where James II .