midnight
`` I am going to bed , Ned . '' `` Is n't it very early ? '' `` There is no use my stopping here . You do n't want to talk to me ; you 'll go on playing till midnight . '' `` Now , why this petulancy , Ellen ? I think it shows a good deal of forgiveness for me to kiss you after the way you have behaved . '' She held a long string of grease in her fingers , and was melting it , and when she could no longer hold it in her fingers , she threw the end into the flame .