About midnight
Then briefly , but very lucidly , he gave me the names and uses of the mechanism that crowded the tables and the floor . `` When do you expect to get the message from Poole ? '' I demanded , sipping my liquor out of a graduated glass . `` About midnight , if everything is in order . We 've got our installation - pole fixed to the roof of the house . I should n't advise you to turn on a tap or anything tonight . We 've connected up with the plumbing , and all the water will be electrified . ''