midnight
The orders are to take him in his lodgings . '' `` We might go into the _ osteria _ opposite and drink a _ foglietta _ . '' `` No , '' said the other , who seemed to be the one in authority . `` We must wait here , if we wait till midnight . Those are the orders . '' The second detective grumbled something not clearly audible , and silence ensued . But Temistocle had heard quite enough .