midnight
And what does the policeman do ? Shoves him off the pavement ! ... I 'd break his jaw for him if he shoved me ! '' They stayed on , wondering sometimes why they stayed , and then at midnight , a troop train steamed into the station , and a crowd of tired soldiers alighted from the carriages and prepared to embark . `` My God , it 's begun ! '' said Perkins . `` Where you chaps going to ? ''