midnight
Of course there was no doubt as to the father 's going up to town on the morrow . The letter was just such a letter as would surely make a man run to his son 's bedside . Had the son written himself it would have been different ; but the fact that the letter had come from another man seemed to be evidence that the poor sufferer could not write . Perhaps the urgency with which Lopez had sent off his dispatch , getting his account of the fray ready for the very early day mail , though the fray had not taken place till midnight , did not impress them sufficiently when they accepted this as evidence of Everett 's dangerous condition . At this conference at Wharton very little was said about Lopez , but there was a general feeling that he had behaved well . `` It was very odd that they should have parted in the park , '' said Sir Alured . `` But very lucky that they should not have parted sooner , '' said John Fletcher .