midnight
The next day there fell a great deluge of rain , and the morrow being the feast of Ramadah , we regarded this as highly favourable to our escape ; for here when rain falls it ceases not for forty-eight hours , and thus might we count upon the aid of darkness . And that evening as we were regarding some merchandise in a bazaar , a fellow sidles up to me , and whispers -LRB- fingering a piece of cloth as if he were minded to buy it -RRB- : `` Does all go well ? '' Then perceiving this was Joe Groves , I answered in the same manner : `` All goes well . '' `` To-morrow at midnight ? '' `` To-morrow at midnight , '' I return . Upon which , casting down the cloth , he goes away without further sign . And now comes in the feast of Ramadah with a heavy , steady downpour of rain all day , and no sign of ceasing at sundown , which greatly contented us .