midnight
`` Where the deuce are you two men going ? '' Robert asked , surprised . Somehow , I seemed to catch a joyful rather than a sorrowful note in his tones . `` An important conference at midnight , and heaven only knows how long it may last , '' said Jack . `` I wish you would go along , Bob . '' `` He ca n't go now , anyhow , '' said the pretty little wife . `` He has got to stay now , whether he will or no .