midnight
Odovacer , who overthrew the Western Roman Empire , and deposed the last Emperor Romulus Augustulus , was a Rugier from the Danish island Rugen . These men from the North seem to be now about to step on the stage . Possibly they are the Gog and Magog concerning whom the Old Testament prophesied that they should come from the North . We did not end our conversation till midnight , Thiodolf and I ; then we walked up and down in the garden till early mass , for we could not sleep . Now I close this letter , dear wife , by wishing you happy days far from all the tumult of the world . I only wait for my departure , for life has lost its relish for me , since my lord and Emperor has passed into the great silence . Greet the brethren and the few who still survive from the time of the Great Emperor , and accept , dear Emma , the greeting of your dead husband , whom you will not see before the Day of Resurrection , the great Easter , when we shall all meet again .