midnight
`` Is that true , my lad ? '' the man asked , laying a hand on the boy 's shoulder . `` He 's gone to St. Pancras , sir . He 's got to be there at midnight , '' said Jabez . The boy had recognized the visitors , and was trembling . The men glanced into each other 's faces . `` That was Drayton -- the man that ran past us down the road , '' said one .