midnight
`` We 'll pay him off . '' `` I 'll have my revenge , if I die for it . '' `` I 'm with you there , Dick . '' It was midnight when the Greyhound reached the pier at Woodville . The mansion at Woodville was dark and silent when Richard stole cautiously up the walk which led from the pier to the house . Of course his father and the other members of the family supposed he was asleep in his chamber , where he had gone at an early hour to retire . He had locked his door as usual , and to make the deception more complete , he had pretended that he was not very well .