nearly midnight before
`` Then you 'll get it . '' He slept , with a break of fifteen minutes , until ten the next morning . Then Tavistock appeared with the list . `` It was nearly midnight before my man could strike a bargain , so I did n't telephone you . The dividend clerk made a memory list . I had him verify it this morning as early as he could get at the books . He says at least a third of the road is held in small lots abroad .