midnight
`` Yes , yes , '' cried the other impatiently . `` I 'd have shot him , or -- or anybody else for such treachery , but -- but -- it 's the other that matters . I 've got to get out and stop that cargo . It 's midnight now , and -- God ! If the police get -- '' Bill 's brain was working more rapidly , and so were his hands . He was almost dressed now . `` But you , Charlie , '' he cried , all his concern for his brother uppermost .