midnight
A faint light glowed in the window . `` Told you there must be a house along here some place , '' said Colonel Anderson . Chester produced his watch and succeeded in reading the face after some trouble . `` Lacks five minutes to midnight , '' he said . `` Rather a late hour to be making a call . '' `` Necessity knows no law , '' responded Colonel Anderson . `` We wo n't bother them much , if they can furnish us with some means of transportation . ''