midnight
I got a lot of t ` ings to do more as to talk about it . Ven you see Blobbs , you tell him vat I say . '' Dalton 's mind worked rapidly . To take the money would clean off his debt and leave him a margin which he might treble before midnight . `` Give me the money , '' he said . `` It is not one-third of its value , but I see that it is all I can do . '' Otto smiled -- the smile of a man who had hit the thing at which he aimed -- felt in his inside pocket , drew out a great flat pocketbook , and counted out the bills .