midnight
`` Captain , good night . I wish to speak with my son , David Lorimer . '' `` Wall , sir , you ca n't do it , not by no manner of means , just yet . David Lorimer is on watch till midnight . '' He was perfectly civil , but there was something particularly irritating in the way Whaley named David Lorimer . So the two men sat almost silent before the camp fire until midnight . Then Whaley said , `` Mr. Lorimer , your son is at liberty now .