midnight
`` Oh rot , Cameron ! You do n't mean it ? '' `` Circumspice . Do you behold any suggestion of knotted towels and the midnight oil ? '' Dunn gazed about the room . It was in a whirl of confusion . Pipes and pouches , a large box of cigarettes , a glass and a half-empty decanter , were upon the table ; boots , caps , golf-clubs , coats , lay piled in various corners .