midnight
You do n't deserve to have me admit it , but Lennox ' account of it is that before going on to the opera , he stopped to write a letter to Miss -- er -- Hum ! Ha ! '' `` Miss Austen ? '' `` And when he got through it was midnight . '' `` I 'll lay a pippin he did n't send it . '' `` What , sir ? '' `` Lennox had a lot to say .