midnight
Yet had he been older he would have added , `` The impossible is only possible to the child of Destiny . '' He heard a quiet movement behind him , and turned to find the butler standing at his elbow with a tray of early mail , into which the secretary plunged , separating the purely personal from those letters which the great man saw only through his subordinate 's eyes . `` I 'm not at all sure , Mr. Bristoll , that the master will rise early , '' volunteered the servant . `` He was with his sister until midnight , and after that Mr. Paul came in and I heard him playing the piano , sir , as late as three o'clock . '' Carl laughed . `` I had a call from him on the ` phone an hour ago , '' he answered . `` He spoke of a busy day ahead , and suggested an early start .