midnight
`` This , my boy , '' said the bishop , also rising , `` is what you must do . I was sure you would see it in this light . It is the only course . '' At midnight Carl caught the New York boat , landing in that city in time for early breakfast . Carl could not pass through the city without calling upon his kind friend Marmion . The Doctor was delighted to see him , and especially when he learned the young man 's errand -- that he was on his way to pay the last installment of his debt . He prevailed upon Carl to stay with him until the following Saturday , and then accompanied him to the steamer Europa , on which Carl sailed for Liverpool .