midnight
It was indeed a trap . The new issue was a blind . He had challenged me to attack his stock , and as soon as I did , he had begun secretly to sell it for a fall . I worked at this new situation until midnight , trying to get together the proofs . At that hour -- for I could delay no longer , and my proofs were not quite complete -- I sent my newspapers two sentences : `` To-morrow I shall make a disclosure that will send Textiles up . Do not sell Textiles ! '' Next day Langdon 's stocks wavered , going up a little , going down a little , closing at practically the same figures at which they had opened .