midnight
He might not have been telling the truth . And anyhow it was a libel on friendship to distrust them all this way , as though riches were some kind of a disease like leprosy that set people apart . It was n't his night to go down to the village , but just to dispel this nonsense and bring back his normal state of mind he would go and drop in on the Clouds for a few minutes . A sight of them all would reassure him and clear his brain for the work he must do before midnight . Leslie Cloud was very young yet , and much can happen in a year or two . He might even be in a fair way to make a fortune himself somewhere , who knew ? And as for that little cad , it was nonsense to suppose he was anything to fear .