midnight
`` I 'm going up-stairs in a moment , Towhead . Come up after me . '' Dick nodded , a gleam of delightful expectation in his eyes . He was just in the ardent period when boys love to make mysteries of very ordinary things , and Jack 's _ sotto voce _ command was like the hero 's voice in the play , `` Meet me by the ruined well when midnight strikes . '' He followed Jack up the wide staircase and into his own room , for greater security , as no one would think of looking for them there . `` Now , tell me all you have found out , '' Jack commanded as he shut the door . `` Have you been among the darkys ? ''