midnight
As far as his own intention was concerned , he would not cease to look after Lady Merton and her brother ; Philip Gaddesden would soon have to be moved , and he meant to escort them to Vancouver . Sounds approached , from the distance -- the `` freight , '' with the doctor , climbing the steep pass . He stepped on briskly to a signal-man 's cabin and made arrangements to stop the train . It was towards midnight when he and the doctor emerged from the Ginnell 's cabin . `` Oh , I daresay we 'll heal those cuts , '' said the doctor . `` I 've told Mrs. Ginnell what to do ; but the old fellow 's in a pretty cranky state . I doubt whether he 'll trouble the world very long . ''