midnight
`` And what will you do ? '' he asked very calmly . `` I have plenty of money in my pocket , and can pay my way back by the next train , '' I said , hurriedly . `` You would travel alone at midnight to save Mrs. Flaxman a trifling anxiety ? '' `` I wo n't be frightened , and she will be so worried there , all alone among strangers , '' I pleaded . `` Mrs. Flaxman knows our hotel . She will be safe when she reaches there , which will be in a few minutes now .