midnight
No doubt you will meet us on the way . '' On reaching Daudpur Desmond selected twenty Sepoys who knew the country and ordered them to be ready to start with him at midnight . Bulger and Mr. Toley he had already informed of his mission , and he found them more than eager to share in it . Just after midnight the little party set out . A march of some four hours brought them to the outskirts of Murshidabad . Desmond called a halt , encamped for the remainder of the night in a grove of palmyras , and at dawn sent forward one of the Sepoys , disguised as a ryot , to make inquiries as to what was happening in the town . It was near midday when the man returned .