midnight
Those who could talk were talking loud and all together . The amount of liquor still to be consumed was considerable . Maurice smiled . These officers and gentlemen were little likely to interfere with anything he chose to do at midnight . He went out of doors and sat on the stone bench in front of the inn . He had no plan in his head for the rescue of Neal Ward , only he was quite determined to accomplish it somehow before morning . He did not even know where his friend was imprisoned , or how he was guarded .