night, about midnight
One of these natives spoke Hindustanee with a faint Scotch accent , and laughed when I told him so . `` I 'm all right in the dialects though , '' he said , in Glasgow English , and asked for a cigarette . We sat and talked for half an hour awaiting Graham 's arrival , but he never told me who he was . One night , about midnight , I was aroused by Le Mesurier-Groselin , who was in full fighting kit and had a queer light in his eyes which was new to me , though heaven and the Horse Guards know that I have seen it often enough since . `` Get up -- Sawbones ! '' said Le Mesurier-Groselin . `` You 'll be wanted at any rate , but now I want you badly .