midnight
`` I take it you do n't want to remain here without me , Berty , '' said Alec cheerily , `` and I am off . I chucked up my job half an hour ago . Joan and Felix started by the mail train that left here at half-past five . We follow at midnight . My mother goes with us . As Bosko is giving her maid a hand in the packing , I must look after my own traps . Nesimir 's servants would talk , which is just what I want to avoid .