midnight
Good fellow , how well he played into my hands ! Hiding delight under a look of disappointment , I said that my friends were in a red automobile . `` They may have been belated , '' I went on . `` They 'll probably turn up before midnight . I hope you 'll have good rooms to give them , at the front of the house . They 're very particular . '' `` I 'm afraid all our best rooms are occupied , '' said the man .