midnight
` My God , you 've got the thing dead to rights ; you 've got everything on that piece of paper . My God , what luck ! Smartest thing I ever saw done . Get that paper in General Lyon 's hands before midnight if you kill yourself unt horse in doing it . I 'll take you out past part of the guards , unt show you how to avoid the rest . Then ride as if the devil was after you , until you reach General Lyon 's tent . ' `` I was dumfounded .