midnight
`` Well , sir , '' said Tode , gravely , `` I 'm traveling with you . '' `` What ? '' `` I _ am _ . I 've been from Albany to New York with you , and I left you at the hotel , and I came after you on Friday , and carried your valise and things to the cars , and came up to Albany with you , and waited for you until the midnight train , and came on to Syracuse with you , and waited while you got your breakfast -- and here I am . '' Unbounded amazement kept Mr. Hastings silent . Presently he asked , incredulously : `` Who paid your fare all this time ? '' `` Wolfie , principally . ''