midnight
`` I am in hiding as an outlaw , and I am alone and ill-defended . '' `` Be , then , upon the headland of Garroch at the midnight hour , '' said Elspeth . `` Wait there , my lord , and I will send to you either Aasta herself or else a messenger who will tell you all you may wish to know . '' `` Right so , '' said Roderic ; `` at midnight on the Garroch Head . '' `` And now I beg you , Earl Roderic , go hence from this cave . Go hence to your boat and remain there in hiding ; for if it be that the maid , who knows you not as her father , should learn of your presence in Bute , your plans will most surely be frustrated . '' `` I will obey you , Elspeth , '' said the outlaw , rising .