midnight
`` I 'm not the provost , but I 'll rid you of him somehow . '' He wiped the dust from his face . `` Have you anything at all that we could eat ? My men and I have had nothing since midnight . '' `` That coward 's eaten all I had , sir . I 'm sorry -- If you could wait a little , I 've some flour and I 'll make a pan of biscuits -- '' `` No . We can not wait .