about midnight
Wipe it out -- that stain . '' They had failed , true ; but there were others who would succeed ; and it was their presence that made one feel the unconquerable spirit of France . The French officer in charge was polite , but firmly non-committal . `` There is a train which will leave here about midnight , we hope . If you can get a seat on it -- well and good . If not -- '' he shrugged his shoulders superbly , and the conversation closed . It was a troop train apparently , and in the course of time it would arrive at Marseilles -- perhaps .