midnight
This could not be concealed ; and Lilith and the servant became aware that the studio was the portion of the house in haunting which the vampire left the rest in peace . `` Karl recounted all the tricks he had played to his friend Heinrich , who begged to be allowed to bear him company the following night . To this Karl consented , thinking it would be considerably more agreeable to have a companion . So they took a couple of bottles of wine and some provisions with them , and before midnight found themselves snug in the studio . They sat very quiet for some time , for they knew that if they were seen , two vampires would not be so terrible as one , and might occasion discovery . But at length Heinrich could bear it no longer . '' ` I say , Lottchen , let 's go and look ; for your dead body .