midnight
I 'll slip out after dinner in my cloak with the hood to it . '' `` Jenny Crow ! '' `` It 's our last chance , it seems . The poor fellow sails at midnight , or tomorrow morning , or to-morrow night , or the next night , or sometime . So you see he 's not going away without saying good-by to somebody . I could n't help telling you , Nelly . It 's nice to share a secret with a friend one can trust , and if he _ is _ another woman 's husband -- '' Nell had risen to her feet with her face aflame .