midnight
The _ Recorder _ was a morning paper . It did not go to press until about four a.m. , and they could hold it beyond that hour if necessary . That part of it was all right if they could only get the police into action in time to catch the scoundrels who were plotting at Waring 's house . If all went well she might expect to reach the wire by midnight . They would have her story in type in plenty of time if there was no wire trouble . That was a chance which she would have to take . It might be , of course , that Nickleby and Rives had acted already ; but hardly likely , she thought .