about midnight
`` That is not a long run from the station , '' added Christy . `` We are very likely to be there before to-morrow morning . '' `` It is about two hundred and eighty statute miles , I had occasion to ascertain a week ago when something was said about Cedar Keys , '' replied Captain Blowitt . `` We have been making about fifteen knots , for the Bronx is a flyer , and we ought to be near our destination at about midnight . That would be an excellent time to arrive if we only had a pilot . '' `` Perhaps we have one , '' added Christy with a smile . `` Are you a pilot on this coast , Mr. Passford ? ''