midnight
and sent Antonino with it flying down the hill . Then she got time-tables and a guide-book of Tunisia , and sat down at her writing-table to make out the journey ; while Lucrezia , conscious that something unusual was afoot , watched her with solemn eyes . Hermione found that she would gain nothing by starting that night . By leaving early the next morning she would arrive at Trapani in time to catch a steamer which left at midnight for Tunis , reaching Africa at nine on the following morning . From Tunis a day 's journey by train would bring her to Kairouan . If the steamer were punctual she might be able to catch a train immediately on her arrival at Tunis . If not , she would have to spend one day there .