midnight
If disaster were to overtake my cousins now I should die of it -- No , '' she added , quickly , `` I would live long enough to kill Bonaparte . '' `` There will be two of us to do that when all is lost , '' said Michu . Laurence took his rough hand and wrung it warmly , as the English do . Michu looked at his watch ; it was midnight . `` We must leave here at any cost , '' he said . `` Death to the gendarme who attempts to stop me ! And you , madame la comtesse , without presuming to dictate , ride back to Cinq-Cygne as fast as you can .