midnight
Now that the wager was made she seemed less delighted . After a moment 's thought , however , she gave him the information he required . `` I 've learned definitely that on Monday next , that 's nearly a week to-day , there 's a cargo coming in along the river trail , from the east . The gang will set out to meet it at midnight , and will bring it into the village about two o'clock in the morning . How , I ca n't say . '' Fyles 's desperate eyes seemed literally to bore their way through her . `` That 's -- the truth ? ''