noon
You 'll have to wait -- '' `` That 's impossible . Wait , with her in the hands of those ruffians ! '' `` Wait until we get the ruffians in our hands . Otaballo plans the attack for early to-morrow ; we ought to be in the city by noon . Once the place is ours you can take a force of men and go through the jail ; I imagine that it is in the old palace . That is where I was locked up overnight , at any rate ; and if it is like that -- '' Wilson glanced up swiftly , his face pale . `` It was bad ? ''