twelve o'clock at night
Suppose you should be too late to meet the steamer ? '' `` I will not be too late , Judge Merlin . I will hire a horse and start this morning . I can get fresh horses at several places on the road , and reach the Beacon before twelve o'clock at night . I can spend the Sabbath there , and go to church with the family . And on Monday morning I will make an early start , so as to be here on Monday night . '' `` Oh , Ishmael , it will be a great risk . ''