midnight
The other shook his head with a grave smile . `` It 's sixty miles in a bee-line from Lewes to Dover , and plenty of public-houses on the road . No Englishman could do it under eight hours on a hot day . If your romance-man gets there by midnight , he 'll do well -- and still be hours too late . '' The Parson remained unmoved . `` It makes no odds , '' he called loftily . `` If you want to know , Nelson 's not in England . ''