midnight
Do it first thing to-morrow , wo n't you , Mr Booms ? '' `` Oh yes '' ; and then , as if determined to be in time for the interview , he added , `` I 'd better go now . '' And he departed very like a man walking to the gallows . Shuckleford returned at midnight , and found the supper waiting for him , but , to his relief , neither of the ladies . He wrote the following short note before he partook of his evening meal : -- `` Dear D. , -- Come round first thing in the morning . The police have dished us for once , but we 'll be quits with them if we put our heads together . Be sure and come .