midnight
`` Then it 's those vagabonds -- '' `` Of whom that old _ Tausend-Kunstlerin _ -LRB- witch of a thousand tricks -RRB- is in the position of parent ? I guess as much . He said he had connived with her , one who is the actual though occult ruler of the filthy region . We have had to pay her blackmail regularly , like the other artists , for we are obliged to go home after midnight . Well , if he is in their hands , it is among congenial spirits . Tell me your name and as much of your affairs as you please to enlighten me with . I am bound to assist you as far as possible -- though my debt to you will ever remain uncanceled .