midnight
In another instant it was covered . In the hold of the `` Swanhilda '' there was no movement but the widening ripples that spread flowing from the ever-breaking , ever-reforming cone ; no sound , but the rushing of the Wheat that continued to plunge incessantly from the iron chute in a prolonged roar , persistent , steady , inevitable . The `` Swanhilda '' cast off from the docks at Port Costa two days after Presley had left Bonneville and the ranches and made her way up to San Francisco , anchoring in the stream off the City front . A few hours after her arrival , Presley , waiting at his club , received a despatch from Cedarquist to the effect that she would clear early the next morning and that he must be aboard of her before midnight . He sent his trunks aboard and at once hurried to Cedarquist 's office to say good-bye . He found the manufacturer in excellent spirits . `` What do you think of Lyman Derrick now , Presley ? ''