midnight
`` Is the Lord Lieutenant at home , Maxwell ? '' said the officer , addressing the old man who bore the office of warden in the castle . `` No , Sir Charles : he dines at Vaughan house -- about twenty miles off . But he will return by midnight . And he left orders that the prisoner should be confined in the Falcon 's tower . '' Bertram here stood up , and signified that he was able to walk : upon which Sir Charles Davenant , the officer who had commanded the party of dragoons , directed the two constables to go before the prisoner and two dragoons behind -- whilst the old warden showed the way . Raising his head as they crossed the extensive court , Bertram saw amongst the vast range of windows three or four which were open and crowded by female heads as he inferred from the number of white caps .