midnight
`` You surely are not ready to start for Quebec already ? '' he asked . `` If possible , sir , I should very much like to do so . My horse is not as fresh as he was yesterday , and he will delay me longer , and besides I think my presence will be required in Quebec before midnight . '' `` Very well . Time is pressing , I know . I have jotted down a few lines giving Lieutenant-Governor Cramahé all the information in my possession .