midnight
Even , however , before Cutts deserted him ; the mere hope of plunder had become subordinate to the desire of a personal triumph ; and now that Cutts had left him to himself , and carried away the means of disguise , Jasper felt rather pleased than otherwise at the thought that his design should have none of the characteristics of a vulgar burglary . No mask now ; his front should be as open as his demand . Cutts 's report of the facility of penetrating into Darrell 's very room also lessened the uses of an accomplice . And in the remodification of his first hasty plan of common place midnight stealthy robbery , he would no longer even require an assistant to dispose of the plunder he might gain . Darrell should now yield to his exactions , as a garrison surprised accepts the terms of its conqueror . There would be no flight , no hiding , no fear of notes stopped at banks . He would march out , hand on haunch , with those immunities of booty that belong to the honours of war .