midnight
To sit on a chair upright is something of a luxury , however good the cause in which you have crouched like a monkey over a table at the level of your knees , with a reeking oil-stove at your ear . ` They 're honest enough about here , are n't they ? ' I added . While the words were on my lips I remembered the midnight visitor at Wangeroog , and guessed that von Brüning was leading up to a test . Grimm -LRB- if he was the visitor -RRB- would have told him of his narrow escape from detection , and reticence on our part would show we suspected something . I could have kicked myself , but it was not too late . I took the bull by the horns , and , before the Commander could answer , added : ` By Jove !