midnight
It is enough you say so . We must not keep the dinner waiting now . But after dinner I shall have all the servants up , and investigate the matter thoroughly . '' `` So , '' thought Hugh with himself , `` some one will be made a felon of , because the cursed dead go stalking about this infernal house at midnight , gathering their own old baubles . No , that will not do . I must at least tell Mr. Arnold what I know of the doings of the night . '' So Mr. Arnold must still wait for his dinner ; or rather , which was really of more consequence in the eyes of Mr. Arnold , the dinner must be kept waiting for him .