midnight
The priest said nothing . `` Very good , then ... . First we will tell you our intentions . At midnight , as you know , we keep our word , and the Emperor will have to go the way of the others . It is regrettable , but the Christians do not seem to understand even yet that we are in earnest . You will have to be present at that scene , I am sorry to say ; but you can comfort yourself by ministering to your co-religionist . He has not had a priest admitted to him since his arrest .