midnight
It is five minutes to seven . It goes well , that clock , eh ? '' `` It is the correct time , '' Peter said . `` Then by midnight , '' Guillot continued , shaking his fist in the other 's face , `` I shall have done that thing which brought me to England and I shall have disappeared . I shall have done it in spite of your watchers , in spite of your spies , in spite , even , of you , Monsieur le Baron de Grost . There is my challenge . Voila .