midnight
The business will not take long -- the enemy will not be moving before daylight -- and you said , I think , that the appointment was for midnight ? '' `` Yes . '' Mohun drew out his watch ; scratched a match which he drew from a small metal case . `` Just eleven , '' he said ; `` there is time to arrive before midnight , if we ride well -- will you show me the way ? '' I saw that he was bent on his scheme , and said no more . In a few moments we were in the saddle , and riding at full speed toward the house where the meeting was to take place . Mohun rode like the wild huntsman , and mile after mile disappeared behind us -- flitting away beneath the rapid hoofs of our horses .