midnight
Near midnight a tempest arose , -- a wild , strange tempest . The winds were like demons . It thundered and the air was full of tongues of lightning . At midnight there was heard a fearful shriek in Faust 's chamber . The next morning the room was found bespattered with blood , and the body of Faust was missing . The broken remains of the alchemist were discovered at last in a back yard on a heap of earth . This was the village story .