midnight
`` I canna thole to ask the colonel , puir man , to lose his nicht 's rest , an ' I 'm no ower sure o ' his man . Sae , the granther an ' I 'll watch till it 's twal ' , if you wi ' Timotheus 'll relieve us till two i ' the mornin ' . What say ye to thon ? '' `` All right , I 'll be here at midnight . Could you get me the cartridges out of my knapsack upstairs ? '' The Squire produced the cartridges , and the lawyer went back to his post-office quarters . Punctually at midnight he returned , and relieved Mr. Carruthers in front of the house , while Timotheus took Mr. Terry 's place behind .