midnight
Orme stood before her , waiting . `` That bill tells , if I am not mistaken , '' she said , wearily , `` where certain papers have been hidden . My father is ill at our place in the country . He must have those papers before midnight to-morrow , or -- '' Tears came into her eyes . Orme would have given much for the right to comfort her . `` So much depends upon finding them , '' she added -- `` more even than I can begin to tell you . '' `` Let me help , '' said Orme , eager to follow those papers all over Chicago , if only it would serve her .