nearly midnight
I should like you to meet him . '' `` I should be delighted , '' I said . So Jenkins was summoned from a little knot a few yards off and duly presented . Whereupon we proceeded to Campion 's plain but comfortably furnished quarters in Barbara 's Building , where he entertained us till nearly midnight with cold beef and cheese and strenuous conversation . As I walked across Westminster Bridge on my homeward way it seemed as if London had grown less hostile . Big Ben chimed twelve and there was a distinct Dick Whittington touch about the music . The light on the tower no longer mocked me .