midnight
But the Vigilantes rode by them unsuspecting . Across their saddles they carried the blackened and dripping bodies of Lenares and his lieutenants ; through the willows galloped the caballeros in search of John Power . But they did not find him , then nor after . Doña Pomposa hid him in her woodhouse until midnight , when he stole away and was never seen near San Luis again . A few years later came the word that he had been assassinated by one of his lieutenants in Lower California , and his body eaten by wild hogs . `` Al contado plasentero Del primer beso de amor , Un fuego devorador Que en mi pecho siento ardor . `` Y no me vuelvas a besar Por que me quema tu aliento , Ya desfayeserme siento , Mas enbriagada de amor .