midnight
`` If ye go on like that , '' he said , `` I 'll gang awa oot an ' droon mysel , or be a sojer . '' This was no uncommon threat of his , and sometimes , when he went off , banging the door violently , she ran after him and brought him back . This time she only wept the more , and so both went to bed in misery . It was after midnight that Jamie rose and crept to Leeby 's bedside . Leeby was shaking the bed in her agony . Jess heard what they said . `` Leeby , '' said Jamie , `` dinna greet , an ' I 'll never do ' t again . ''