midnight
`` I wo n't pull his skin _ quite _ over his ears , '' said Adam ; `` and that 's all the promise you 'll get out of me . '' The tall thin grim sister had sat all the time as if she had no right to be aware of anything that was going on , but her nose , which was more hooked than her brother 's , and larger , looked as if , in the absence of eyes and ears , it was taking cognizance of everything , and would inform the rest of the senses afterwards . I had a suspicion that the keeper 's ferocity was assumed for the occasion , and that he was not such an ogre as I had considered him . Still , the prospect of poor little Jamie spending the night alone in the loft amongst the cats and rats was sufficiently dreadful when I thought of my midnight awaking in the barn . There seemed to be no help , however , especially when Turkey rose to say good night . I felt disconsolate , and was not well pleased with Turkey 's coolness . I thought he had not done his best .