midnight
sc . 1 . -LSB- 249 -RSB- `` Represented themselves , '' etc. , i.e. , presented themselves to my sight . -LSB- 250 -RSB- `` Dead part of the night , '' i.e. , from midnight to dawn . Compare , `` In the dead waste and middle of the night . '' _ Hamlet _ , act i. sc 2 . -LSB- 251 -RSB- `` Have been critical , '' etc. , i.e. , have claimed to have knowledge enough to say .