midnight
Cleek thought for a moment , then plunged bravely in . `` Come up from the passage , sir , '' he responded curtly . `` Loadin ' up ternight , and some fool locked t ` other end before me and my mate ` ere ` ad finished our work . ` Ad to come along this w ` y , or else spend the rest of the night dahn there , and we 're due for loadin ' the stuff at the docks at midnight . Master 'll be devilish mad if ' e finds us missin ' . '' It was a chance shot , but somehow chance often favours the brave . It told .