midnight
It is now nine-thirty . At eleven we shall drive as far as Church Row . It is a quarter of an hour 's walk from there to Appledore Towers . We shall be at work before midnight . Milverton is a heavy sleeper , and retires punctually at ten-thirty . With any luck we should be back here by two , with the Lady Eva 's letters in my pocket . '' Holmes and I put on our dress-clothes , so that we might appear to be two theatre-goers homeward bound .