midnight
`` What a pity , '' he added reflectively , `` that he is only an Englishman . '' `` When are we to go ? '' asked Desiree , still behind her barrier of clasped fingers . `` To-morrow night , after midnight . We have arranged it all -- the Captain and I -- at the outpost nearest to the river . He has influence . He has rendered services to the Russians , and the Russian commander will make a night attack on the outpost .