midnight
`` Do you think , '' I asked , after a pause , `` that she will be safe until to-morrow night ? Should I not go to her at once ? Could I not see Rudolph and have her descend the rope-ladder , and I meet her and bring her here ? '' `` No , '' he replied , it is now too late for that ; it is midnight . You can place full faith in Rudolph ; his penetration and foresight are extraordinary . He will not sleep until Estella is out of that house ; and his busy brain will be full of schemes in the meantime . The best thing we can do now is to go to bed and prepare , by a good long sleep , for the excitements and dangers of to-morrow night .