midnight
Kaid has handed us over to the Greek usurers , the Inglesi and the Frank are everywhere . And now this new-comer who would rule Kaid , and lay his hand upon Egypt like Joseph of old , and bring back Nahoum , to the shame of every Muslim -- behold , the spark is to the tinder , it shall burn . '' `` And the hour , Effendina ? '' `` At midnight . The guns to be trained on the Citadel , the Palace surrounded . Kaid 's Nubians ? '' `` A hundred will be there , Effendina , the rest a mile away at their barracks . ''