midnight
`` Perfectly . What say you to next Monday night ? '' `` I am at your service , '' responded Stephano . `` Monday will suit me admirably , and midnight shall be the hour . And now instruct me in the nature of the locality . '' `` Come with me , and I will show you by which way you and your comrades must effect an entry , '' said Antonio . The valet and the robber-chief now moved away from the spot where they had stood to hold the above conversation ; and the moment they had turned the adjacent angle of the mansion , Nisida hastened to regain her apartment by the private staircase -- resolving , however , to see Wagner as early as possible in the morning .