midnight
says he , rubbing his hands , and speaking thick with joy . `` You may be sure that Mohand will suffer no one to interfere with your getting aboard , to the achievement of his design . When is it to be ? '' I hesitated a moment , lest I should fall into another trap , trying to escape from the first ; but , seeing he was an Englishman , I would not believe him capable of playing into the Turks ' hands for our undoing , and so I told him our business was for midnight on the feast of Ramadah . `` Sure , nought but Providence could have ordered matters so well , '' says he , doubling himself up , as if unable to control his joy . `` We shall be there , we nine sturdy men . Some shall hide in the canes , and others behind the rock ; and when Haroun rows to shore , four of us will get into his boat -LRB- muffled up as you would be to escape detection -RRB- , and as soon as they lay themselves to their oars , their business shall be settled . ''