midnight
Philip produced a couple of cigars and took a chair opposite him . `` You look bushed , Pearce , '' he began . `` Business must be rushing . I saw a light in your window after midnight , and I came within an ace of calling . Thought you would n't like to be interrupted , so I put off my business until this morning . '' `` Insomnia , '' said Pearce , huskily . `` I ca n't sleep .