midnight
How they feast and sing below there -- crowned with flowers ! And very few barbarians have yet entered the city . That is our hope of victory . At midnight we will sally forth from all our gates -- they will not dream of an attack from such a minority -- and slay them in their revels . '' `` Your plan is bold , '' said Lucius Licinius . `` And if we fall , the Capitol will be our tombstone ! '' `` You learn from me words as well as sword-strokes , '' said Cethegus , smiling .