midnight
You can do without my feeble arm . Besides , I sha n't be gone more than half an hour -- three-quarters at the outside . I 'll bring back my evening clothes with me , and dress for dinner here . I do n't suppose that anything fresh will happen between now and midnight ; but I want to be on the spot , and hear the information as it comes in fresh . Besides , there 's Guerchard . I positively cling to Guerchard . It 's an education , though perhaps not a liberal education , to go about with him , '' said the Duke ; and there was a sub-acid irony in his voice .