midnight
They are under the authority of a centurion , who would have to look out for informers . And besides , you ca n't persuade me that a man who had been scourged , and crucified , if only for one day , could walk into Daphne two or three nights afterward and carry on a conversation . Why should he visit Daphne ? Why should he choose that place , of all places in the world , and midnight , to destroy the identification parchment ? Having destroyed it , why did he then tell the slaves who he was ? It sounds like a tale out of Egypt to me . '' `` Well , the priests are saying -- '' `` Tchutt-tchutt !