midnight
` What do you want me to come at sunset for ? ' asked James . ` Do you want me to camp out in the scrub and turn up like a blooming sundowner ? ' ` Oh well , ' I said , ` get here at midnight if you like . ' We did n't say anything for a while -- just sat and puffed at our pipes . Then I said , -- ` Well , what are you thinking about ? ' I 'm thinking it 's time you got a new hat , the sun seems to get in through your old one too much , ' and he got out of my reach and went to see about penning the calves .