midnight
As soon as you have learned the threads of business , you will be able to apply yourself as before . I shall look for a report in a fortnight 's time at the latest . Good day , your Eminence . '' -LRB- II -RRB- The clocks of London were all striking the single stroke of midnight as the two priests stood on the wind-sheltered platform of the volor , waiting for the start . To Monsignor Masterman the scene was simply overwhelming . There was hardly a detail that was not new and unfamiliar . From where he stood on the upper deck , grasping the rail before him , his eyes looked out over a luminous city as lovely as fairyland .