midnight
Where 's your brother now ? '' `` In bed in the malt-loft , '' said Tommy . `` Then now all your questions are answered , '' said the Owl , `` and you know what wants doing , so go and do it . Good-night , or rather good-morning , for it is long past midnight ; '' and the old lady began to shake her feathers for a start . `` Do n't go yet , please , '' said Tommy humbly . `` I do n't understand it . You know I 'm not a Brownie , am I ? ''