midnight
Everybody who knows you says you 're a regular hard-working old dig . '' `` There are fools who know other people 's business a great deal better than their own , '' said Dismal stiffly . `` That 's right , '' nodded Ditson , who made a great effort to be rakish in his appearance , but always appeared rather foxy instead . `` But I tell you this matter of burning the midnight oil and grinding is not what it 's cracked up to be . It makes a man old before his time , and it does n't amount to much after he has been all through it . Goodness knows we freshmen have to cram hard enough to get through ! I am tired of it already .