midnight
And the three friends trembled at the horror of such an hour in such a place , and shivered in the wind and drenching rain , but still worked on . And the wind blew and blew . Soon they had finished . And at once they left the hungry grave with all its worms unfed , and went away over the wet fields stealthily but in haste , leaving the place of tombs behind them in the midnight . And as they went they shivered , and each man as he shivered cursed the rain aloud . And so they came to the spot where they had hidden a ladder and a lantern . There they held long debate whether they should light the lantern , or whether they should go without it for fear of the King 's men .