midnight
Rick thanked him and the boys walked out into the brilliant sunlight . `` Feel up to getting the jeep ? '' Rick asked . The boys had taken off from New York shortly after midnight and had ridden all night on a plane that , as Scotty had said , `` landed in every cow pasture west of Chicago . '' They had not slept much . `` Let 's get the jeep , '' Scotty replied . `` We can catch up on our sleep after lunch . ''