midnight
`` I can be ready in thirty minutes . '' `` Then , by Heaven -- '' McCloud studied his watch . `` What is it , George ? '' `` We wo n't wait for the midnight train . We will take an engine , run special to Green River , overhaul the Coast Limited , and save a whole day . '' `` George , pack your suit-case -- quick , dear ; and you , too , Marion ; suit-cases are all we can take , '' cried Dicksie , pushing her husband toward the bedroom . `` I 'll telephone Rooney Lee for an engine myself right away .