midnight
`` Your cloak , monsieur , '' he said , turning to Ellerey `` You wish it returned , do you not ? '' Ellerey gave it to him and nodded , but did not speak Grigosie gave the cloak to the man . `` Theodor , see that this is returned to Captain Ward at the British Embassy . Send it by a trusted messenger , and let him say that he had it from Captain Desmond Ellerey to-night , an hour before midnight -- mark the time -- when he met him in the Konigplatz . Good-night . '' The man bowed low as he opened the door for them . When it had closed upon them Grigosie turned to Ellerey .