midnight
`` And you believe it ? '' `` That man will keep his promise , '' said Muller quietly . Councillor Kniepp did keep his promise . When the police arrived at the hunting castle shortly after midnight , they found the terrified servants standing by the body of their master . `` Well , Muller , you had better luck than you deserved this time , '' Bauer said a few days later . `` This last trick has made you quite impossible for the service . But you need n't worry about that , because the legacy Kniepp left you will put you out of reach of want . ''