midnight
Anyway , Mortimer has been pushin ' inquiries : an ' that makes Secondly . Thirdly , I do n't know much about play-actors , but Mortimer tells me he gets goin ' at seven-thirty an ' holds 'em spellbound till something after ten ; which means that by the time we 've carted back the scenery _ an ' _ shipped _ an ' _ stowed it , _ an ' _ got the tarpaulins on , _ an ' _ harnessed up , we sha n't get much change out o ' midnight . Do n't lose your patience now , because we have n't come to the end of it yet -- not by a long way . By midnight , say , we get started an ' haul up to Knowlsey top lock , which is a matter of three miles . What do we find there ? '' `` Du n no , '' said Tilda wearily . `` A brass band per ` aps , an ' a nillumynated address , congratylatin ' yer . ''