midnight
`` Well , Captain , '' he said pleasantly , `` how goes it ? '' `` Fine , '' Matt answered with equal urbanity . `` That was a slick piece of work tying up my bank account . I ca n't get a bond to-day , the bank is closed , and I suppose you 're going to insist upon payment of that eighteen thousand dollars before midnight to-night or take the Tillicum and her cargo away from me . '' Mr. Skinner started in genuine amazement . `` Attached your bank account , Matt ? I give you my word of honor I had nothing to do with it . ''