midnight
` The more fully we are acquainted with Don Gomez de Montesma 's antecedents the better we shall be able to cope with him , if we come to handy-grips . It 's too late to start for Cowes , but it is not too late to do something . Fitzpatrick , the political-economist , spent a quarter of a century in South America . He is a very old friend -- knew my father -- and I can venture to knock at his door after midnight -- all the more as I know he is a night-worker . He is very likely to enlighten us about your Cuban hidalgo . ' ` You shall finish your supper before I let you stir . After that you may do what you like .