Midnight
The moon was high , and the world was all a dim dark green , with the track a golden ivory band before me . I had looked at my watch before I started , and seen that it was just after eight o'clock . I had a great horse under me , and less than thirty miles to cover . Midnight should see me at the cave . With the password I would gain admittance , and there would wait for Laputa and Henriques . Then , if my luck held , I should see the inner workings of the mystery which had puzzled me ever since the Kirkcaple shore . No doubt I should be roughly treated , tied up prisoner , and carried with the army when the march began .