midnight
My dear Sir Arthur , that fellow has made a gull of you above ground and under ground , and he would have made a gull of you in the air too , if he had been by when you was craned up the devil 's turnpike yonder at Halket-head -- to be sure the transformation would have been then peculiarly apropos . '' `` Well , Mr. Oldbuck , I am obliged to you for your indifferent opinion of my discernment ; but I think you will give me credit for having seen what I say I saw . '' `` Certainly , Sir Arthur , '' said the Antiquary , -- `` to this extent at least , that I know Sir Arthur Wardour will not say he saw anything but what he thought he saw . '' `` Well , then , '' replied the Baronet , `` as there is a heaven above us , Mr. Oldbuck , I saw , with my own eyes , these coins dug out of the chancel of St. Ruth at midnight . And as to Dousterswivel , although the discovery be owing to his science , yet , to tell the truth , I do not think he would have had firmness of mind to have gone through with it if I had not been beside him . '' `` Ay ! indeed ? ''