Noon
pursued the child . `` No , '' said Maria Dolores . `` I do , '' said Annunziata . `` The middle of the night is the Devil 's Noon . Nobody is awake in the middle of the night except wicked people , like thieves or roysterers , or people who are suffering . All people who are good , and who are well and happy , are sound asleep . So it is the time the Devil likes best , and he and all his evil spirits come to the earth to enjoy the great pleasure of seeing people wicked or suffering .