an hour after midnight
`` I 'm thankful that no one was hurt , '' said Ralph earnestly . When the next start was made , Fogg was taciturn and gloomy-looking , but attended strictly to his duty . Ralph voted him to be a capital fireman when he wanted to be . As an hour after midnight they spurted past Hopeville forty minutes to the good , he could not help shouting over a delighted word of commendation to Fogg . `` I said you were a brick , Mr. Fogg , '' he observed . `` You 're more than that -- you 're a wonder . '' Fogg 's face momentarily lighted up .