midnight
Have a care with thy wines , or thou wilt lose not only thy bark and thy voyage , but thy liberty ! '' `` This is just the ground of my complaint , Signor Roderigo . Rogue and no rogue , is the Republic 's motto . Here they are as close in justice as a father amid his children ; and there it is better that what is done should be done at midnight . I like not the contradiction , for just as my hopes are a little raised by what I have witnessed , perhaps a little too near , they are all blown to the winds by such a frown as San Gennero himself might cast upon a sinner . '' `` Remember thou art not in thy wide Mediterranean , but on a canal of Venice . This language might be unsafe , were it heard by less friendly ears . ''