midnight
Spend what money you like in following my evening rounds . I 'll repay it all . I am going to lead them a merry dance . Every day , before I leave the office , I will give you a different rendezvous , up to midnight . You are simply to hover around , ignore me , and then skilfully shadow my pursuers . '' The service of the Western Trading Company now galled Randall Clayton like the galley slave 's chain . And yet Jack Witherspoon 's counsel had been most wise .