midnight
Confound that Shears ! '' `` He 's not come back , I suppose ? '' `` How could he ? There 's only one boat from Southampton , which leaves at midnight . From the Havre , there 's only one train , which leaves at eight in the morning and arrives at eleven three . Once he has not taken the midnight steamer -- and he has not , for my orders to the captain were formal -- he ca n't reach France till this evening , _ via _ Newhaven and Dieppe . '' `` If he comes back ! ''