midnight
I 'll be in a curt and bitter mood -- the frustrated honest cop . I 'll tell him he 's in luck . The D. A. 's office has informed me that because of the important names involved in this fraud case , and because all but around forty thousand dollars of the money he collected in this town have been recovered , they 've decided not to prosecute . He 'll have till midnight to clear out . If he ever shows up again , he gets the book . '' `` Why leave him the forty thousand ? '' Jeffries asked .