midnight
I will ask you to meet me on the highway two miles off ; on some calm night next week that may be appointed . There will be nothing unbecoming in it , or to cause you shame ; you will not fly alone with me , for I will bring with me my devoted young friend Christoph , an Alsatian , who has lately joined the regiment , and who has agreed to assist in this enterprise . We shall have come from yonder harbour , where we shall have examined the boats , and found one suited to our purpose . Christoph has already a chart of the Channel , and we will then go to the harbour , and at midnight cut the boat from her moorings , and row away round the point out of sight ; and by the next morning we are on the coast of France , near Cherbourg . The rest is easy , for I have saved money for the land journey , and can get a change of clothes . I will write to my mother , who will meet us on the way . ' He added details in reply to her inquiries , which left no doubt in Phyllis 's mind of the feasibility of the undertaking .