midnight
Your folks is going to bed in Limerick . The sun has a knack of risin ' in the east , my lad , and we 're far east of Ireland , or Aberdeen for that matter . I 'm not mindin ' the exact particulars , but it 's a matter of some two hours , I 'm thinking . It 's deep midnight here , and an hour or so beyond it , and they 'll be over their punchbowls , yonner . That 's so , sir , I 'm believin ' ? ' ` I do n't know , upon my word , ' said Volnay . ` You 're out of my depth , my lad .