midnight
`` I went , an ' have got back , daddy dear . You 've been talking mighty queer -- on account of the wound , I suppose . '' `` How long have you been with me , child ? '' `` I must have got here before midnight , and the morning is just coming now . '' `` You 're a good boy , Dick . '' `` That 's what mother said before I left , and between the two of you I 'm afraid you 'll make me out way beyond what I deserve . We must get back as soon as we can , you poor old man ; for she 'll be crying her eyes sore with thinking we 've both knocked under .