midnight
Mr. Sclater told him it was only poor boys who could do as they pleased , for the law looked after boys like him , so that , when it came into their hands , they might be capable of using their money properly . Almost persuaded at length that he had no choice , that he could no longer be his own master , until he was one and twenty , he turned and looked at Janet , his eyes brimful of tears . She gave him a little nod . He rose and went out , climbed the crest of Glashgar , and did not return to the cottage till midnight . In the morning appeared on his countenance signs of unusual resolve . Amid the many thoughts he had had the night before , had come the question -- what he would do with the money when he had it -- first of all what he could do for Janet and Robert and everyone of their family ; and naturally enough to a Scotch boy , the first thing that occurred to him was , to give Donal money to go to college like Fergus Duff . In that he know he made no mistake .