midnight
Mr. Ransom bowed . He had no words for this man at a moment of such extreme excitement . He did not even note the latent sting hidden in the other 's seeming tribute to Georgian . But the lawyer did and Hazen perceived that he did , for pausing in his act of crossing the room , he leaned for a moment on the table with his eyes down , then quickly raising them remarked to that gentleman : `` I am going to leave by the midnight train for New York . To-morrow I shall be on the ocean . Will it be transgressing all rules of propriety for me to ask the purport of my sister 's will ? It is a serious matter to me , sir .