The time is not up.

It is not up till midnight, and any action taken before then on any other assumption will give grounds for damages." Crozier spoke without passion and with a coldblooded insistence not lost on Burlingame.

Taking down a calendar from the wall, he laid it beside the paper on the table before the too eager lawyer.

"Examine the dates," he said.

"At twelve o'clock tonight Messrs.