midnight
We had finished some of the cases , each of which held only one of the great sarcophagi . The cases which held many objects could not be closed till all had been differentiated and packed . I slept that night without movement or without dreams ; and on our comparing notes in the morning , I found that each of the others had had the same experience . By dinner-time next evening the whole work was complete , and all was ready for the carriers who were to come at midnight . A little before the appointed time we heard the rumble of carts ; then we were shortly invaded by an army of workmen , who seemed by sheer force of numbers to move without effort , in an endless procession , all our prepared packages . A little over an hour sufficed them , and when the carts had rumbled away , we all got ready to follow them to Paddington . Silvio was of course to be taken as one of our party .