> Horatio: So, after that, they fought, you say?
>
> Marcellus: As I conceive the case, his Grace, the King,
> In the dead waste and middle of the night,
> Did, with great cries, assault the guarded Dane,
> And, with his own right hand, did wound the King.
> And, with a poisoned rapier,
> Did wound the King, his brother, in the garden.
This scene also emphasizes that Claudius took advantage of the night to carry out his crime, further adding to the sense of treachery and deceit.