Sunday at midnight
`` Hues , you must start back across Tennessee . Make it Sunday at midnight -- that 's three days off . '' Unconsciously his voice sank to a whisper . `` Sunday at midnight , '' repeated Hues slowly . `` When you have passed the word into middle Tennessee , turn south and make the best of your way to New Orleans . Do n't stop for anything -- push through as fast as you can . You 'll find me there .