midnight
Hai , my ' -- it was on the tip of his tongue to say Mother , but he turned it to Sister -- ` thou art a wise and witty woman . By this time all the villages know what has befallen the Sahibs -- eh ? ' ` True . News was at Ziglaur by midnight , and by tomorrow should be at Kotgarh . The villages are both afraid and angry . ' ` No need . Tell the villages to feed the Sahibs and pass them on , in peace .