midnight
`` What mean you ? '' said the Count , somewhat sternly . `` Nothing , my Lord , I meant nothing , '' rejoined the man submissively -- `` Only -- that music -- goes about the house at midnight often , and I thought your lordship might have heard it before . '' `` Music goes about the house at midnight ! Poor fellow ! -- does nobody dance to the music , too ? '' `` It is not in the château , I believe , my Lord ; the sounds come from the woods , they say , though they seem so near ; -- but then a spirit can do anything ! ''