midnight
`` A hundred eyes failed to search him out . Ten thousand piastres did not find him ; the kourbash did not reveal him . '' Kaid 's frown grew heavier . `` Thou shalt bring Nahoum to me by midnight to-morrow ! '' `` But if he has escaped , Effendina ? '' Achmet asked desperately . He had a peasant 's blood ; fear of power was ingrained .