about midnight
`` So it is , so it is , '' muttered he to himself ; `` there may be more cant of virtue , a greater share of hypocrisy in our English morals , but , assuredly , these things do not happen with us as we see them here . There would seem a something enervating in the very air of the land , that a man like him should have sunk down into this besotted apathy ! When can I see him , Proctor ? '' `` He 's dozing just now , sir ; but about midnight he wakes up and asks for his draught . If that wo n't be too late for you -- '' `` Too late for me ! Why , what else have I travelled for , night and day , without intermission ? Be cautious , however , about how you announce me .