midnight
He will be here very soon , no doubt , and if the shell is ready by noon to-morrow , the body can be removed then . I have arranged to get her ladyship away to-night . ' ` So late ? After midnight ? ' ` Why not ? She can not stay in this small house -- so near the dead . There is a moon , and there is no snow falling , and we are within seven miles of Fellside . '