midnight
`` Do n't try , Asher . Tell me about the gazelles . '' `` How we went from oasis to oasis in quest of this man who always eluded us , meeting him at last in Béclère 's oasis . But you have n't heard about Béclère 's , the proprietor , you might say , of one oasis ; he discovered a Roman well , and added thousands of acres ; but if I began to tell about Béclère 's we should be here till midnight . '' `` I should like to hear about the gazelles first . '' `` I never knew you cared so much for sport , Harding ; I thought you would be more interested in the desert itself , and in Béclère 's . It spoils a story to cut it down to a mere sporting episode .