midnight
`` You ! '' I said . `` Yes , my dear Surry -- this is a matter of more importance than you think . The business will not take long -- the enemy will not be moving before daylight -- and you said , I think , that the appointment was for midnight ? '' `` Yes . '' Mohun drew out his watch ; scratched a match which he drew from a small metal case . `` Just eleven , '' he said ; `` there is time to arrive before midnight , if we ride well -- will you show me the way ? ''