midnight
`` You know the answer to that already . But why trouble with Liot 's carcass ? Surely it were easier to slay him where he lies . '' `` I like not a midnight murder , and Liot and I have not yet decided who is the better man . That is a trial which I would fain make , and then we can see what the gods would do with me . '' `` To fight an enemy and capture him afterwards is common enough , but to capture him first and then fight him seems the act of a madman , '' answered Helgi . `` Then I am a madman , '' replied Estein , and with that he turned away and walked forward to consult Ketill .