midnight
`` As often as ever I can , dear Father , '' said Annas : and as he turned back , and we drove away , she broke down as I had never imagined Annas would do . We slept that night at the inn at Hawick . On the Saturday morning , my Uncle Drummond left us , and we went on to Carlisle , which we reached late at night . Here we were to stay with Dr and Mrs Benn , friends of Father 's , who made much of us , and seemed to think themselves quite honoured in having us : and Sam went off at once on a fresh horse to Brocklebank , which he hoped to reach by midnight . They would be looking for him . I charged him with all sorts of messages , which he said grimly that he would deliver if he recollected them when he got there : and I gave him a paper for my Aunt Kezia , with a list of things I would have sent . On Sunday we went to the Cathedral with our hosts , and spent the day quietly .