midnight
Did he think for ever to elude Heaven 's vengeance ? Bind , fetter , hold him ; or his assistant fiends will release him still ! '' Fiercely the fallen man had striven to extricate himself ; but Stanley 's knee moved not from his breast , nor his sword from his throat , until a strong guard had raised and surrounded him : `` but the horrible passions imprinted on those lived features were such , that his very captors turned away shuddering . `` Hadst thou not had enough of blood and crime , thou human monster , that thou wouldst stain thy already blackened soul with , another midnight murder ? '' demanded Stanley , as he sternly confronted his baffled foe . `` Don Luis Garcia , as men have termed thee , what claim have I on thy pursuing and unchanging hate ? With what dost thou charge me ?