midnight
`` Or never ! '' re-echoed Cañeri , dismally shaping his face into most unwarrantable elongation : `` Or never ! We have yet some time to remain , and I would gladly wait for such a prize . '' `` It wants , '' observed the renegade , `` but an hour to midnight , -- the time approaches , -- my heart feels confident Theodora , will soon be in your power , and I shall then have the means of accomplishing my revenge . '' Si ! m ` ingannai : scerner dovea , che in petto Di un traditor mai solo un tradimento Non entra . _ Alfieri .