midnight
Gracey Dalton was also given up . The matter was now serious , the time short , and Phelim 's bounces touching his own fascinations with the sex in general , were considerably abated . It was therefore resolved that he ought to avail himself of Sam Appleton 's clothes , until his own could be made . Sam , he said , would not press him for them immediately , inasmuch as he was under obligations to Phelim 's silence upon some midnight excursions that he had made . `` Not , '' added Phelim , `` but I 'm as much , an ' maybe more in his power , than he is in mine . '' When breakfast was over , Phelim and the father , after having determined to `` drink a bottle '' that night in the family of an humble young woman , named Donovan , who , they all agreed , would make an excellent wife for him , rested upon their oars until evening . In the meantime , Phelim sauntered about the village , as he was in the habit of doing , whilst the father kept the day as a holiday .