midnight
Darrin was with Lieutenant Trent when he reported the discovery of the whereabouts of Cantor and Cosetta . `` It would n't do any good to go out in the daytime , '' the commander decided . `` The fellows would see you coming , and take to their heels toward the interior before you came within rifle range . You will have to go after dark , Lieutenant , and better still , towards midnight . In the early evening they might be watching for an American advance , but late at night they would decide that their hiding place is not suspected . You will plan , Lieutenant , to leave here at a little before eleven o'clock to-night , which will bring you to the adobe house about midnight . I will communicate my information to the commander of the forces ashore , and , if not reversed by him , my present instructions will hold . ''